On 2020-08-22 at 09:38, Albretch Mueller wrote: > On 8/21/20, The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> wrote: > >> Wow. That's some dense, opaque code. > > my only intention was to get something done as quickly as possible. > I didn't even know that people cared about proper writing of bash > script. Is there such a thing? Do people take it seriously? It's more that I'm not sure how you manage to write or read that quickly or easily. I could *do* it, on the read side at least, but it would take work; it's not anything close to readable. If it works for you, then it's not a fatal defect by any means, but it does tend to get in the way when sharing code with others (as here). That said, yes, I do tend to use longer (descriptive, not abbreviated) variable names and include moderately extensive comments in my shell scripts, just as in my other code. I find that it helps greatly in understanding what I've written, both at the time and when revisiting it later. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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