What’s difference between number with $ or without $ symbol in at&t assembly syntax?

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The difference is that with $ it’s the numeric value while without $ it’s the contents of memory at that address

If argument of instruction is without any special marker (such as % for register or $ for numeric constant), then it is memory access. So following:

movl 10, %eax
movl foo, %eax

Corresponds to intel syntax:

mov eax, [10]
mov eax, [foo]

To use numeric constant, or use address of label, there is $ operator:

movl $10, %eax
movl $foo, %eax

In Intel syntax:

mov eax, 10
mov eax, offset foo

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