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I gave up on bash (more precisely on bashisms. edit: and because of bashims) and moved to dash or whatever is at /bin/sh. If it can't be done with ash/dash then

I gave up on bash (more precisely on bashisms. edit: and because of bashims) and moved to dash or whatever is at /bin/sh. If it can't be done with ash/dash then I look into Python or node or PHP or what fits the situation best.

skowalak 4y ago
I did the same. I believe the biggest selling point of shell over other scripting languages is its availability on so many platforms. Unfortunately bashisms have ruined the effort of writing a one-size-fits-all script. So I, too, moved to POSIX shell syntax for the small problems and another shell scripting language for the bigger problems.
- dwheeler 4y ago
  Bash is very widely available. If you use bashisms like arrays, just use bash as the first line.
  - ryapric 4y ago
    As the shebang (`#!`), I imagine you mean?
    - dwheeler 4y ago
      Yes, shebang.