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<span id="Shell-Conventions-1"></span><h4 class="subsection">3.1.1 Shell Conventions</h4>

<p>Shell is central to Carbs Linux projects. Most of the tools and packages are
written in POSIX sh.
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<dt>[<span id="g_t1010"></span>1010]</dt>
<dd><p>Use 4 spaces for indentation, don&rsquo;t use tabs.
</p></dd>
<dt>[<span id="g_t1020"></span>1020]</dt>
<dd><p>Make sure you don&rsquo;t use bash-specific code.
</p></dd>
<dt>[<span id="g_t1030"></span>1030]</dt>
<dd><p>Make sure you lint your code with &lsquo;<samp>shellcheck</samp>&rsquo; and if
you are new to POSIX sh, use &lsquo;<samp>checkbashisms</samp>&rsquo;.
</p></dd>
<dt>[<span id="g_t1040"></span>1040]</dt>
<dd><p>Don&rsquo;t spawn new processes if you don&rsquo;t absolutely need
to, especially during string manipulation.
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<dt>[<span id="g_t1041"></span>1041]</dt>
<dd><p>Never use a program for text manupilation that isn&rsquo;t
defined in the POSIX standard. This includes &lsquo;<samp>gawk</samp>&rsquo; and &lsquo;<samp>perl</samp>&rsquo;.
</p></dd>
<dt>[<span id="g_t1042"></span>1042]</dt>
<dd><p>Instead of <code>$(basename $file)</code>, use <code>${file##*}</code>.
</p></dd>
<dt>[<span id="g_t1043"></span>1043]</dt>
<dd><p>Instead of <code>$(dirname $file)</code>, use <code>${file%/*}</code>.
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<pre class="example"># This is the same thing as basename /path/to/test.asc .asc

$ file=/path/to/test.asc file=${file##*/} file=${file%.asc}
$ echo $file
test
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<dt>[<span id="g_t1050"></span>1050]</dt>
<dd><p>Instead of backticks, use <code>$(..)</code>.
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