Martin Cracauer via plug on 16 Apr 2022 14:29:19 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] A list of new(ish) command line tools |
Eric Riese via plug wrote on Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 10:38:37PM -0400: > https://jvns.ca/blog/2022/04/12/a-list-of-new-ish--command-line-tools/ > > Lots of really nifty stuff. For me, these lists miss one important one: learn bourne shell syntax well (aka sh and bash). Once you get past the quoting messes (can preserve strings with spaces in them), get a hang on subprocesses and use advanced forms of variable expansion/text manipulation well you have a very powerful tool at your hands. Just combining find with good shellscripting is a fine example. But script are fragile until you have the hang on the above. And it really helps with Linux in general, for example sorting out startup scripts, package build instructions and the like. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> http://www.cons.org/cracauer/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug