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say: Say a phrase aloud.
$ say "${I like to ride my bike-}"
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The command "say "${I like to ride my bike-}" is an instruction to a computer or voice-enabled device to speak out the specific text enclosed in double quotes. In this case, it will say "I like to ride my bike".

The "${I like to ride my bike-}" part in the command consists of the phrase "I like to ride my bike" followed by a hyphen ("-") at the end. The hyphen is used to indicate that there could be more text to follow or the sentence might be continued.

So, when the command is executed, it will cause the device to audibly speak the sentence "I like to ride my bike".

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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