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harel
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Better Bash in 15 Minutes
> Some useful tips in here, but to be honest a better bash is to just install python and use that for scripting instead.
It's not a better option, it's "an" option. Bash is very good for this purpose and very portable.
oweiler
on Dec 9, 2021
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Bash is only portable if you don't shell out to other commands.
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Bash becomes extremely portable if it can shell out to multiple platforms’ external commands.
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It's not a better option, it's "an" option. Bash is very good for this purpose and very portable.