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> You do understand that there is a commonly accepted definition of a bash one-liner and that the one I shared fits that definition spot on, right? We both dis
by remram 4y ago
> You do understand that there is a commonly accepted definition of a bash one-liner and that the one I shared fits that definition spot on, right?
We both disagree with you. What would that definition be?
The one-liner in question doesn't have any of bash's syntax in it. You could pass those words to execve() directly, without any shell, and it would still work. Calling it a line of bash code is just wrong.
Similarly, would you say this is a PHP one-liner? You can run it through PHP, but it contains no PHP syntax:
<h1>My web page</h1>
- maratc 4y ago@jsjohnst is talking about his one-liner[0] that has lots of bash syntax, not the GP's one-liner[1] that only calls some external program. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33254917 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33254917 [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33249562 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33249562
- jsjohnst 4y agoI had decided to back away, so thank you for pointing that out! There’s not just Bash syntax in mine, but rather advanced Bash that many terminal users wouldn’t recognize, so I was confused wth GP was on about until you pointed out he was probably referring to the other post which seemingly was trolling.
- jsjohnst 4y ago> We both disagree with you. What would that definition be? A “bash one-liner” as in common use is a chain of commands using any combination of pipes, subshells, variables, tests, loops, etc. The distinction between a “bash one-liner” and a “bash script” is that extraneous white space is removed and generally speaking should still be readable. Admittedly mine is pushing the limits of readability do to the advanced bash syntax, but I still feel it qualifies. Also, just because my reply was threaded two levels below yours doesn’t mean I was replying to you. I had upvoted you in fact as I actually agree with you re: oathtool example. The party I was replying to actually doesn’t agree with you and thinks that the oathtool example is a “bash one-liner” and that because I call other basic Unix commands mines not, which is just silliness.