Why write an entire bash script in functions?
At work, I write bash scripts frequently. My supervisor has suggested that the entire script be broken into functions, similar to the following example:
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What does !$ mean?
I’m following through a tutorial and it mentions to run this command:
bash shell – ssh remote script capture output and exit code?
I wish to use shell to invoke a script on a remote server.
I would like to capture the output of that script (its logging messages) and the exit code it returns.
How to keep Bash running after command execution?
I would like to run something like this:
Autocomplete server names for SSH and SCP
I have a few servers configured in ~/.ssh/config, such as alpha and beta. How might I configure Bash such that the commands $ ssh alTab and $ scp file.tgz alTab autocomplete the names of the configured servers?
How to repeat currently typed in parameter on bash console?
I was just typing something along the lines of:
How do ssh remote command line arguments get parsed
I’ve seen the questions and answers about needing to double-escape the arguments to remote ssh commands. My question is: Exactly where and when does the second parsing get done?
How to know if /dev/sdX is a connected USB or HDD?
How can I know if /dev/sdX is a local HDD or USB key?
I’d prefer a way of doing this without root privileges.
how to properly log the output of a console program that frequently updates “parts” of the screen, resulting in a messy log file?
I have some Java executable (jar) that is run my some shell script from a cron job once every night. That executable does not print log statements “as usual” just by printing them out in a sequential manner like line after line (print after print), but while it processes its data its printing a single line with status data and then “overwrite” or “update” just that single line over and over again, until its done with this part of processing.
How to expand variables inside read?
In a remote CentOS with Bash 5.0.17(1) where I am the only user via SSH I have executed read web_application_root with: