cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/39334581

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

Ooh nice.

The optional bit messed it up, because even though I can make my scripts easier for me, other's scripts won't be.
But then bash had to be usable with sh scripts, so I get it.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    Right. It’s optional so that Bash remains backwards compatible as a superset of POSIX sh. If you’re working with exclusively Bash, though, it’s nice to use as syntactic sugar if nothing else.

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