I can't believe PowerShell is good(spacebar.news)
46 points by corbindavenport | 80 comments
Blog post by Corbin Davenport explaining why PowerShell 7 is a good cross-platform scripting tool compared to Bash, with example scripts and a real project.
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22 stories tagged bash, newest first.
Faster command recall with substring search(dantleech.com)
3 points by speckx | 1 comments
A blog post explaining how to use substring search on shell command history in bash and zsh to recall long commands faster than with the up arrow.
The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME(disconnect3d.pl)
226 points by arusekk | 144 comments
Blog post explaining that a quoted tilde in a PATH export is not expanded to the home directory in bash/zsh, creating a security risk.
A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway(refp.se)
370 points by olexsmir | 155 comments
Blog post by Filip Roséen explaining the POSIX shell colon (no-op) builtin and practical tricks for using it in shell scripts.
Decoding the obfuscated bash script on a Uniqlo t-shirt(tris.sherliker.net)
1407 points by speerer | 224 comments
Blog post decoding an obfuscated, self-evaluating bash script printed on a Uniqlo t-shirt by Akamai that prints an Easter egg message.
TIL: You can make HTTP requests without curl using Bash /dev/TCP(mareksuppa.com)
511 points by mrshu | 221 comments
A TIL blog post explaining how to make HTTP requests from a minimal container lacking curl or wget by using Bash's /dev/tcp pseudo-device.
Shell Tricks That Make Life Easier (and Save Your Sanity)(blog.hofstede.it)
564 points by zdw | 246 comments
A blog post sharing practical Unix shell tricks and keyboard shortcuts for bash and other shells to speed up everyday terminal work.
What does " 2>&1 " mean?(stackoverflow.com)
392 points by alexmolas | 226 comments
Stack Overflow question explaining the shell redirection 2>&1, which sends standard error to the same destination as standard output.
Show HN: I wrote a modern Command Line Handbook(commandline.stribny.name)
397 points by petr25102018 | 107 comments
Landing page for the Command Line Handbook, a 120-page pay-what-you-want PDF ebook on the Linux command line sold via Gumroad.
TIL: timeout in Bash scripts(heitorpb.github.io)
319 points by lr0 | 85 comments
A short TIL blog post about using the timeout command in Bash scripts to avoid infinite loops when waiting for a web server to start.
Bocker: Docker implemented in around 100 lines of Bash (2015)(github.com)
351 points by emersonrsantos | 95 comments
GitHub repository for Bocker, a minimal reimplementation of Docker written in about 100 lines of Bash.
Useful built-in macOS command-line utilities(weiyen.net)
748 points by yen223 | 207 comments
A blog post by Wei Yen listing interesting built-in macOS command-line utilities, such as accessing the Keychain programmatically.
Techniques I use to create a great user experience for shell scripts(nochlin.com)
370 points by hundredwatt | 228 comments
Blog post describing six techniques for giving shell scripts a good user experience, such as colored output and safety practices, inspired by the One Billion Row Challenge.
Ruby: A great language for shell scripts(lucasoshiro.github.io)
367 points by lucasoshiro | 231 comments
A blog post arguing that Ruby is an excellent language for writing shell scripts, showing features that make it better than Bash or Python for complex scripts.
Amber: Programming language compiled to Bash(amber-lang.com)
394 points by weaksauce | 287 comments
Homepage of Amber, a type-safe programming language that compiles to Bash scripts, with install instructions and a code example.
Xz/liblzma: Bash-stage Obfuscation Explained(gynvael.coldwind.pl)
439 points by ecliptik | 90 comments
Gynvael Coldwind's blog post explaining the obfuscation techniques used in the bash stages of the xz/liblzma backdoor that affected OpenSSH.
Bash Debugging(wizardzines.com)
359 points by ColinWright | 73 comments
A Wizard Zines comic page by Julia Evans previewing bash debugging tips from her zine Bite Size Bash.
test, [, and [[ (2020)(jmmv.dev)
492 points by mattrighetti | 218 comments
Blog post by Julio Merino explaining the Unix test and [ binaries and how they differ from the shell's [[ builtin.
Simple Unix Chat(the-dam.org)
356 points by marban | 136 comments
An article describing Simple Unix Chat (suc), a Slack-like chat system whose core is five lines of bash built on standard UNIX primitives.
“Exit traps” can make your Bash scripts more robust and reliable (2013)(redsymbol.net)
540 points by ekiauhce | 136 comments
Aaron Maxwell's article explaining how to use bash's EXIT pseudo-signal with trap to ensure cleanup code runs whenever a script exits.
Atuin replaces your existing shell history with a SQLite database(github.com)
471 points by thunderbong | 171 comments
GitHub repository for Atuin, a Rust tool that replaces shell history with a SQLite database and offers optional encrypted sync across machines.
Pure Sh Bible(github.com)
359 points by akraker | 103 comments
GitHub repository by dylanaraps collecting pure POSIX sh alternatives to external processes, as a shell scripting reference.