Comment by Cockbrand

9 hours ago

I feel like this is common knowledge and should not be worth mentioning. But then it apparently is not common knowledge, as the article proves.

Have I run into this at some point?

I certainly have.

Have I learned to quote better and only where appropriate from it?

I certainly have.

Bourne compatible shells take a while to learn and require some experience. This won't change, but alternatives exist, with their own caveats.

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MathMonkeyMan  4 hours ago

Almost nobody that I've ever worked with knows how the shell works. I send them [the docs][1] but what kind of world would this be if people read the docs? Also, not exactly a page turner.

[1]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/V...

  • Cockbrand  3 hours ago

    I learned this stuff from friends, O'Reilly books and endless nights of failure and trial and error. I'm certainly not a super wizard, but I feel like I'm not missing any shell skills to be able to do what I need to do.

    [Insert mild rant on kids these days having no attention span any more]