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It is instantly plainly obvious to me what each step of their shell script is doing.
While I can absolutely understand what your shell script does after parsing it, it's meaning doesn't leap out at me in the same way.
I would describe the prior shell script as more quickly readable than the one that you've listed.
So, perhaps it's not a question of one being more silly than the other—perhaps the author just has different priorities from you?
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It is instantly plainly obvious to me what each step of their shell script is doing.
While I can absolutely understand what your shell script does after parsing it, it's meaning doesn't leap out at me in the same way.
I would describe the prior shell script as more quickly readable than the one that you've listed.
So, perhaps it's not a question of one being more silly than the other—perhaps the author just has different priorities from you?