sh VS pure-bash-bible

* The shell itself is https://github.com/mvdan/sh, a bash-like command interpreter

https://github.com/mvdan/sh

And finally, checkbashisms if you intend on making pure posix scripts that are compatible with debian/ubuntu's dash. It is part of the debian's devscripts suite, but is often individually packaged in other distros.

> Also you can use the chat as a learning tool

Or you could learn from a guide written by people who have suffered decades of experience of the pitfalls of shell scripting and have shared their woes.

https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide

My bad, I completely screwed this up... the as of yet undiscussed project is:

https://github.com/mvdan/sh

(not shmfmt)

I support projects like this for purposes of exploration and practice. But don't expect people to use it when there are already well established projects out there like: https://github.com/mvdan/sh

There are also: - shfmt - sh - bash language server - bashate

I also like running shfmt over my shell scripts so they all look the same without me having to think about whitespace.

I believe it's been posted here before, but I also use this for reference whenever I forget the syntax to something, or know there must be a better way than what I am doing.

https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible

I'd say check out the work of William Shotts at https://linuxcommand.org/ His book, "The Linux Command Line" is free for downloading, and there are lots of references to style guides, good practices, and bash templates in the book.

There is also a shorter, HTML version at the same site: https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php

I'm trying to get a little proficiency in all this, and just yesterday I went through the "Further Reading" sections at the end of each chapter, and captured all the likely URLs for further investigation.

One that looks really good is Dylan Araps' "Pure Bash Bible" ( See https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible ) Confession: I found a PDF copy at Libgen, but don't tell anyone. This and the Shotts book have also been thoroughly discussed on Hacker News in the past. (I.e., search on the two titles and you'll probably get all the opinions that you can stand, plus maybe some more hints.)

Bash is profoundly weird, but if/when you can make it work, it's slick.

pure bash bible

I recommend taking a look at https://github.com/dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible

Additionally, Pure Bash Bible is a bit more advanced but really fun to go through it.

Here is another resource I have found useful.

Pure Bash Bible : A collection of pure bash alternatives to external processes.