Bash-script-helper
Instructions
When writing or debugging bash scripts:
- Always use #!/bin/bash shebang
- Set -e (exit on error), -u (error on undefined var)
- Use [[]] instead of [] for tests
- Quote variables: "$variable" not $variable
- Use $() instead of backticks
- Check command exit codes: $?
- Use trap for cleanup
- Provide meaningful error messages
- Validate input parameters
- Argument parsing with getopts
- Reading files line by line
- Function definitions and calls
- Arrays and associative arrays
- Use set -x for trace mode
- shellcheck for static analysis
- Use echo/printf for debugging output
- Avoid eval
- Sanitize user input
- Use mktemp for temporary files
- Set proper file permissions
Examples
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Notes
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