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> something simple and small (<50 LOC). If it's complicated or large, you should just write it in a proper programming language anyway. Regardless of LOC, ejec
by heresie-dabord 1y ago
> something simple and small (<50 LOC). If it's complicated or large, you should just write it in a proper programming language anyway.
Regardless of LOC, eject from bash/awk as soon as you need a data structure, and choose a better language.
- jacob2161 1y agoYeah, that's a good point. It's less about LOC than complexity (data structures, complicated string parsing, handling binary data, etc). And that's actually the advice I follow myself. Some longish Bash scripts are very maintainable and reliable, because they're still quite regular and simple.