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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by redisman on Friday September 18, 2020 @03:25PM (#24520894)
I think you're assuming a level of Unix knowledge that less and less new people in the field are going to have.
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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by nostoc on Friday September 18, 2020 @11:59PM (#24524898)
Someone who's tasked with maintaining shell scripts better be familiar with the shell.
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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by harisund on Saturday September 19, 2020 @07:33AM (#24526709)
that's kinda his point.

Kids today no longer know the shell. They think just writing some yaml files in ansible is sufficient. Giving them a shell script won't help at all.

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Re:Use long flags when scripting (2013) by nobody9999 on Saturday September 19, 2020 @09:28AM (#24527275)
>Kids today no longer know the shell.

Sounds like Kochan and Wood[0] need some love (and royalties).

Or is learning stuff deprecated these days?

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Unix-Shell-Programming-Stephen-Kochan...

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