Feb 24, 2015 · According to man bash, Bash is a "sh-compatible command language". Then, we can say a "command language" is "a programming language through which a user …

1919 When writing shell programs, we often use /bin/sh and /bin/bash. I usually use bash, but I don't know what's the difference between them. What's the main difference between Bash and …

There are no Booleans in Bash The true and false commands Bash does have Boolean expressions in terms of comparison and conditions. That said, what you can declare and …

May 30, 2009 · I want to make some graphical dialogs for my script but don't know how. I hear something about GTK-Server or something like that. If someone knows how to link Bash with …

Jun 17, 2010 · The question asks how to check if a variable is an empty string and the best answers are already given for that. But I landed here after a period passed programming in …

Jan 27, 2022 · The only way for Bash to know if I should do a numeric or string comparison of the number is to have two separate boolean operators for strings vs. numbers. For example: Foo …

Jul 17, 2013 · It doesn't mean anything "in bash". [ runs a command called test. -ne is an argument to the test command, not to bash, and you can find its documentation in man test.

Aug 3, 2010 · there's a limit for what bash can do. it breaks for bigger numbers. Maybe you have a way of producing the same results for factorial of say, for example, 500, with bash ?

Nov 30, 2014 · So, when someone talks about bash scripting, he's using a shell, but when someone is talking about shell scripting, he isn't per se using bash. But as bash is commonly …

Mar 25, 2013 · Given your many posts on the topic of bash programming, you seem to be placing an undue importance on the topic. I doubt you are going to find a job where shell programming …