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eppur_se_muova

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Thu Mar 29, 2018, 02:40 PM Mar 2018

"Writing a shell script is like riding a bike." [View all]

Writing a shell script is like riding a bike. You fall off and scrape your knees a lot at first. With a bit more experience, you become comfortable riding them around town, but also quickly discover why most people drive cars for longer trips.

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/OpenSource/Conceptual/ShellScripting/shell_scripts/shell_scripts.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004268-CH237-SW3


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You have to pedal like hell to get up a hill? Fullduplexxx Mar 2018 #1
shell scripts are the APL of scripting languages. lapfog_1 Mar 2018 #2
exceptions Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #3
deep, dark secrets of bash Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2018 #4
"MS-DOS is sniffing glue..." hunter Apr 2018 #5
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