There are many benefits to projects like this. I would argue that this thread is the biggest benefit - people are sharing knowledge on shell scripting, and I'll

There are many benefits to projects like this. I would argue that this thread is the biggest benefit - people are sharing knowledge on shell scripting, and I'll bet you one hamburger that at least 5 people learn something new as a result. That makes it worth it :-) It also gets people thinking, being creative and doing something "fun". Sometimes you just have to do fun things and see where they lead.