Quoth David Brodbeck on Tuesday, 22 February 2011: > On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Chad Perrin <per...@apotheon.com> wrote: > > Just do us all a favor; don't write code in bash.
What's with all the bash bashing? Sorry, couldn't resist. > > Yeah, I try to avoid bash-specific syntax unless it's for one-off > scripts. csh suffers the same kinds of problems; I only write csh > code under extreme duress, like when forced to maintain the > system-wide csh.login script. ;) At least sh scripts will execute correctly under bash -- they don't always under csh/tcsh. I like zsh for a command-line shell, but when writing scripts for general usage I stick with the sh-compatibile subset of capabilities, and I enforce that on myself with the #!/bin/sh shebang. If I need more than what that can gracefully do, I usually run to the arms of Ruby. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterl...@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://chipsquips.com | http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com
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