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There’s also the fact that shell scripting is for automation of what you may do interactively. It’s not for stuff where you want data structures to manipulate i
by skydhash 6mo ago
There’s also the fact that shell scripting is for automation of what you may do interactively. It’s not for stuff where you want data structures to manipulate in memory. Trying to use it like python is an exercise in frustration.
- jamesfinlayson 6mo agoI remember a friend saying they had a university assignment to implement something like a spreadsheet program in bash - I suppose it was to teach them the intricacies of bash but the big takeaway was meant to be - don't use bash for anything too complicated.