/tags/bash/ Recent content in bash on Yoann Bentz <Yoone.eu> Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:08:00 +0200 /article/good-practices-for-writing-shell-scripts/ Wed, 23 Mar 2016 01:08:00 +0200 /article/good-practices-for-writing-shell-scripts/ I have seen so many messy shell scripts in my not so long life, and the reasons are always the same: &ldquo;I’m the only one to use it&rdquo;, &ldquo;It’s meant to be used once&rdquo;, etc. The problem is that in practice, those scripts are often reused or dug up months or even years later because they solved a problem similar to one you are having now. And when you have to understand a shell script that has been running in production for years and has been written by someone else, you will have to go through the famous &ldquo;dusting&rdquo; part i.