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Author here! Some extra tips for HN: If you dislike POSIX sh, consider looking at Plan 9's rc before you look anywhere else (including bash): http://man.9front
by ddevault 6y ago
Author here! Some extra tips for HN:
If you dislike POSIX sh, consider looking at Plan 9's rc before you look anywhere else (including bash): http://man.9front.org/1/rc http://man.9front.org/1/rc
Also, I would advise you to learn about these four tools in depth: sh, sed, awk, and make. Learn when to use each, and don't use one when another would be better.
- enriquto 6y agoThanks for writing this! I enjoyed this article. The "make" tool is really powerful, besides its use for calling compilers. You can write really nifty scripts with make that have automatically optimal parallel scheduling.
- greenie_beans 6y agoThanks !