> I'm only saying you should avoid using modern things needlessly. I agree with that idea. However, I don't think it applies in this case. The point of using

> I'm only saying you should avoid using modern things needlessly. I agree with that idea. However, I don't think it applies in this case. The point of using modern bash syntax is that it fixed the brittleness and pitfalls of posix sh. This is significant. This is what I need in production. This is why our style guides insist on modern bash syntax for bash scripting. I'd say the rest of your suggestions apply to shell scripts no matter what syntax is used.