Scripting

Scripting

Resources for improving scripting in bash, unix tools, python, and so on.

Bash

• Safely Using Bash (source)

Key takeaways from this great guide:

• Use set -ue -o pipefail at top of script, means errors, errors in pipes, or unused variables will cause the script to fail. See here for more details.

• Use shellcheck to prevent common bash gotchas.

Awk

• Concise guide to AWK