If not quoted, it is a pattern match! (From the Bash man page: "Any part of the pattern may be quoted to force it to be matched as a string."). Here in Bash, the two statements yielding "yes" …

Oct 10, 2010 · I reckon that the handle $@ in a shell script is an array of all arguments given to the script. Is this true? I ask because I normally use search engines to gather information, but I …

Sep 27, 2015 · What's the difference between <<, <<< and < < in bash?Here document << is known as here-document structure. You let the program know what will be the ending text, and …

Feb 10, 2010 · How do I compare a variable to a string (and do something if they match)?

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 sh? …

Oct 4, 2008 · Related discusions: bash for loop: a range of numbers and unix.stackexchange.com - In bash, is it possible to use an integer variable in the loop control of a for loop?

Jan 30, 2017 · #!/bin/bash # To focus exclusively on the performance of each type of increment # statement, we should exclude bash performing while loops from the # performance measure.

Feb 9, 2016 · A bash function has no line numbers related to the FILE that contains the definition. NOW: The code is stored somewhere internally in the running instance of Bash - does it …

@dutCh's answer shows that bash does have something similar to the "ternary operator" however in bash this is called the "conditional operator" expr?expr:expr (see man bash goto section …

Aug 27, 2011 · To set an environment variable once, use the export command in the prompt, not in a shell script: $ export THEVAR=/example The variable will be set for the rest of the shell …