ZSH Aliases June 23, 2020, 1:55 p.m.

Hacker News thread with handy shell aliases & tips.

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Newbie at bash scripting? Here's some advice. April 5, 2019, 11:43 a.m.

Bash is powerful, it is super permissive, and because of that, it is extremely easy to do something stupid with it. This blogpost is more about good conventions in bash, not it's syntax or how to do basic stuff with it.

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How to do things safely in bash April 5, 2019, 11:42 a.m.

Like programming in C or driving a car, contemporary shellscript languages require some knowledge and discipline to use safely, but that's not to say it can't be done. This guide is here to show that in bash, it can be done. Specifically, those systematic bugs that the language encourages can be eliminated by disciplines that are outlined here. Realize that Bash is not a language where the correct way to do something is also the easiest.

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The Bash Hackers Wiki April 5, 2019, 11:41 a.m.

This wiki is intended to provide human-readable documentation and information so users aren't forced to read every bit of the Bash manpage - which can be difficult to understand.

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Bash Special Parameters Explained April 11, 2014, 11:14 a.m.

Explanation of $*, $@, $#, $$, $!, $?, $-, $_ usage in bash.

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Shell startup scripts Feb. 19, 2013, 12:35 p.m.

Startup script execution order for Bash, Zsh and Shell.

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Handy one line scripts for awk July 13, 2012, 2:22 p.m.

Handy one line scripts for awk

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Useful one line scripts for see July 13, 2012, 2:06 p.m.

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