3.1.1 Shell Conventions

Shell is central to Carbs Linux projects. Most of the tools and packages are written in POSIX sh.

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Use 4 spaces for indentation, don’t use tabs.

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Make sure you don’t use bash-specific code.

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Make sure you lint your code with ‘shellcheck’ and if you are new to POSIX sh, use ‘checkbashisms’.

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Don’t spawn new processes if you don’t absolutely need to, especially during string manipulation.

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Never use a program for text manupilation that isn’t defined in the POSIX standard. This includes ‘gawk’ and ‘perl’.

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Instead of $(basename $file), use ${file##*}.

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Instead of $(dirname $file), use ${file%/*}.

# This is the same thing as basename /path/to/test.asc .asc

$ file=/path/to/test.asc file=${file##*/} file=${file%.asc}
$ echo $file
test

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Instead of backticks, use $(..).