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TIL that this quick trick [1] also would have prevented this: ${STEAMROOT:?} ...where :? throws an error if the variable is unset or empty. (Still far too s

TIL that this quick trick [1] also would have prevented this: ${STEAMROOT:?} ...where :? throws an error if the variable is unset or empty. (Still far too scary for my taste, though!) [1] https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2115 https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC2115

OJFord 8y ago
Note that's bash not POSIX though right?
majewsky 8y ago
Or you just do set -euo pipefail as the first thing in your bash script which you absolutely should do every single time.