$'\t' 解释

参考
简单来说，就是a=$'\t' 后，a内容就是tab了。

cat a.sh
a=$'\t'
echo $a

sh -x a.sh

Words of the form $'string' are treated specially.  The word expands to string, with backslash-escaped characters replaced as specified  by  the  ANSI  C  standard.   Backslash
       escape sequences, if present, are decoded as follows:
              \a     alert (bell)
              \b     backspace
              \e     an escape character
              \f     form feed
              \n     new line
              \r     carriage return
              \t     horizontal tab
              \v     vertical tab
              \\     backslash
              \'     single quote
              \nnn   the eight-bit character whose value is the octal value nnn (one to three digits)
              \xHH   the eight-bit character whose value is the hexadecimal value HH (one or two hex digits)
              \cx    a control-x character

       The expanded result is single-quoted, as if the dollar sign had not been present.

       A  double-quoted  string  preceded by a dollar sign ($) will cause the string to be translated according to the current locale.  If the current locale is C or POSIX, the dollar
       sign is ignored.  If the string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.