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A truncated download might happen for all sorts of reasons, like your internet connection dropping while you download the script. If you don't notice you might

A truncated download might happen for all sorts of reasons, like your internet connection dropping while you download the script. If you don't notice you might accidentally run an incomplete script and leave your system in some broken or at least confusing state. They wrapped everything in a main function to prevent that from happening

loeg 3y ago
Browsers typically emit downloads to temporary files until they are complete, then rename them into the final location, to prevent this kind of issue.
- kevincox 3y ago
  Tools like wget or curl often do not. And the shell doesn't when doing something like `curl ... >myscript.sh`.
  - loeg 3y ago
    Sure. Just pointing out that there's a good reason browsers do this.