Ask HN: How to be a good bash script writer?

2 pointsKRuchan1 comment

Assume elementary knowledge - pipes, redirection, awk/sed/cut/standard Unix tools.

How does one get to writing scripts that are -

(a) portable

(b) easy to debug

(c) clean and easy to modify

Where can I find good sample scripts?

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You might like the Advanced Bash Scripting Guide. To quote:

"This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of scripting or programming, yet progresses rapidly toward an intermediate/advanced level of instruction... It serves as a textbook, a manual for self-study, and as a reference and source of knowledge on shell scripting techniques"

http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/

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