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.
#shell-scripting on Hacker News
17 stories tagged shell-scripting, newest first.
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.
Start all of your commands with a comma (2009)(rhodesmill.org)
628 points by theblazehen | 227 comments
Brandon Rhodes' 2009 blog post suggesting prefixing personal shell script names with a comma to avoid collisions with system commands.
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.
Hacker News Hug of Deaf(susam.net)
421 points by susam | 98 comments
Blog post by Susam Pal recounting a netcat loop on a Debian server that replied 'ok' and beeped his terminal whenever Hacker News readers connected.
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.
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.
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.
The Bun Shell(bun.sh)
331 points by pixelmonk | 165 comments
Bun blog post by Jarred Sumner introducing the Bun Shell, a built-in cross-platform way to run shell scripts from JavaScript.
Show HN: #!/usr/bin/env docker run(gist.github.com)
427 points by adtac | 139 comments
A GitHub Gist showing a Dockerfile with a shebang line that lets it be executed directly to build and run the container.
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.
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.