An article detailing the author's experience replacing bash scripts with Python, outlining the improvements in readability, error handling, and testability, as well as the challenges encountered during the migration.
Dune is a shell designed for powerful scripting, combining elements of bash and Lisp, offering normal shell operations and functional programming abstractions for sysadmin tasks.
Introduction to parameter substitution in Bash scripting
Different types of parameter substitution:
- ${parameter}
- ${parameter-:-word}
- ${parameter-:=word}
- ${parameter-:?word}
- ${parameter-:+word}
- Examples of using parameter substitution, positional parameters and special parameters in Bash