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4 simple habits that instantly transform Bash scripts into cleaner, more readable code

Techniques so absurdly simple, you'll curse all the code you wrote without them.
Network World

Learning to script on Linux using bash

Here are some basic skills to get started with bash, one of the best shells for preparing and using scripts on Linux. Scripting in Linux–putting commands into a file so you can run them as a group—is ...
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Good coding practices for bash

The best bash scripts not only work, but are written in such a way that they are easy to understand and modify. A lot of this comes from using consistent names for variables and a consistent coding ...
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Linux Fu: Better Bash Scripting

It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...