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Bash may be native, but alot of the programs you'll want to call may not be, or will differ between platforms in subtle ways. Although this won't be a concern f
by hi_hi 2y ago
Bash may be native, but alot of the programs you'll want to call may not be, or will differ between platforms in subtle ways. Although this won't be a concern for small/trivial scripts, but if we're talking about python as an alternative, my point probably still applies.
- a-french-anon 2y agoThis. People using bash extensions and util-linux as if they're standard are my bane. If you can't do it in POSIX (sh and utilities) and don't want to do an extensive investigation of portability for what you need, pony up for Python/Tcl/Perl (all in MacOS base, by the way).