Re:Bash Shell Programming in Linux
by helper-method on Friday October 12, 2012 @04:01AM
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Nicely written tutorial. The only thing I would suggest is always prefering [[ to [ because it makes dealing with parameter expansions much more easier. Also [[ is most likely as shell builtin, in contrast to [, which is most likely an external program.
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> The only thing I would suggest is always prefering [[ to [ because it makes dealing with parameter expansions much more easier.
I wrote the article before Bash 3 was released, and the article remains appropriate for platforms that don't have Bash 3 abilities. If you read down in the article, you will see where I address this issue:
http://arachnoid.com/linux/shell_programming.html#Bash_Versi...