On 2016-05-13 06:30, Mark Lamourine wrote: > I use Bash, but I have come to do something I don't see elsewhere much. > > I make a lot of use of functions and local variables. Basically any time I > see a coherent string of commands whether it's a pipe or a set of logical > checks, I name the operation and put it in a function. String values are > 'returned' as echo/cat output and logical values are just returned normally.
I honestly didn't know about local variables in bash until Adam Moskowitz mentioned it in a private email. I will make sure to use them from now on! Once you've used any other prog language, bash seems to be inside out (variable global by default, ignoring all errors by default, etc...) -- http://yves.zioup.com gpg: 4096R/32B0F416 _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
