Questions tagged [shell]
The shell is Unix's command-line interface. You can type commands in a shell interactively, or write scripts to automate tasks. Use this tag for questions applying to /bin/sh and most compatible shells (ash, bash, ksh, zsh, …). For shell scripts with errors, please check them in http://shellcheck.net before posting here.
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POSIX sh alternative to using [[ ... ]] in Bash
I am using this code to parse the first argument passed to my script. It error handles and it works just the way I want it:
if [ -z "$action" ]; then
printf "[${c_RED}ERROR${c_RESET}...
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Cancel just second command of bash logical AND operator [duplicate]
It often happens that I have some long task running, like compiling a program, running tests or copying large archives. Once I am done with whatever else I was doing, I want to leave the computer ...
