Questions tagged [bash]
Bash is the shell from the GNU project. It is the standard shell on many Linux distributions and often available on other *NIXes.
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Choosing test method of bash command output with bats
Context While writing a bash script I would like to test every command I write. To do so I create a separate function per command that executes the function. In addition I want to log the output of ...
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commonly used practices for deploying package primarily composed of bash scripts
I am working on a tool that primarily uses bash scripts and C++ code. Generally I have experience with basic tools written in C and C++ in which we can have a build system like ./configure; make; ...
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Shell Script does not capture values inside ENDSSH
I am very new to writing Shell scripts and am trying to write a simple script to run Vagrant up then SSH into the box and run some commands. The echo Hi there will run but the read -p will never show. ...
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If statement best practice [duplicate]
I am reviewing best practice with if statements. Below in example A I include the entire code to be run and ensure it remains within the if statement. While for example B the code to be executed ...
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How can I maintain bash functions without brittle escaped newlines?
I have functions like this: foo() { /some/script \ --opt1=val1 \ --opt2=val2 \ --opt3=val3 } This is brittle if I take out the last option, or add any new option at any line. ...
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Is it pythonic to replace a bash script with series of subprocess calls
I have a pretty simple bash script which consists of a bunch of one liners and some simple logic. Its been recommended that I rip the bash script apart and rewrite it all in python using subprocess. ...
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Anything wrong with having aliases on a production server?
On my local server, I create aliases like these to speed up my work: alias bashrc='vi ~/.bashrc;source ~/.bashrc;echo bashrc has been sourced' alias bashprofile='vi ~/.bash_profile;source ~/....
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How should I version control my bash profile?
So I'm very comfortable with version control, and just thought to start tracking versions of my bash profile: ~/.bash_profile with the added benefit of being able to share my various aliases and such ...
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Share private SSH keys with Bash on Windows
I have Windows 10 with Git installed. This Git uses my C:/Users/MyName dir as the HOME directory and the /.ssh/ dir within, appropriately for sourcing my private SSH keys. I have just enabled and ...
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Pcregrep vs Perl vs Python for bash scripting when needing advanced regex features [closed]
I've lately been using pcregrep to do Perl-style group matching when doing my bash scripts. The problem with pcregrep is that it's not readily available on Linux machines in general. An alternative ...
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git clone vs cp -R
I want to use an existing project as a starting point for a new project by copying or cloning it. There are at least two ways of doing this. Method 1: Copy it. cp -R /path/to/source /path/to/dest ...
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Implementing redundant GIT backup scheme
I want to push a local repo to multiple remote GIT repositories to achieve redundancy in my backup scheme. So, let's say I plan to use Github and BitBucket to host my repositories. I have two ...
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Ideas on processing input text file in parallel by Bash script
I have a Bash script that processes files read from standard input, one pathname per line, and runs a CPU intensive task on each file. I happened to notice that even with four cores (grep -c ^...
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Extensible way to create bash program
I have a bash script that should be extensible with additional functions with as little change to the script as possible. The basic function is as follows. It loops through a list of files to check. ...
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Shell commands in bash or python? How much encapsulation is too much?
I'm thinking about how to decide whether it's better to encapsulate my work behind well-named function names, or to expose it - which will help developers understand what's going on more quickly? Is ...
