i didnt care about how i wrote my bash scripts, coz i know theyd ultimately be used just by myself. but for the past few day, i’ve been working on this project, mk-blog which uses some bash scripts, there are chances that others might look at them. besides in work they’re asking me maintain a server. so why not learn the standards. but i couldn’t find anything good online (i’m gonna blame my search engine lol). so…
i’d appreciate redirections to (official or community) bash coding standards
ShellCheck is a static analysis tool for bash/sh scripts - try it on your scripts. The README also shows some examples of what (not) to do.
The link to your project gives me a 404 btw, is it a private repository?
Thanks. I checked it out. It’d be cool if they have LSP setup.
And thanks for informing about the link, I made a typo :]
I love ShellCheck! It’s one of the biggest FOSS projects written in Haskell.
But it is written in haskell, unpractical language
Well Why do I love trolling this much…
If your bash script gets longer than 200 lines (including argument handling), use Python. I have to support bash APPLICATIONS at work and it’s a fucking nightmare to maintain.
Choose whatever fits you
And stick to it! Also make sure other participants also adhere to that. Optionally configure a linter for doing that.
Thanks
https://github.com/bash-lsp/bash-language-server
- pretty much all editors support LSP these days
Yeah, I have bash ls installed, but it wont teach me coding standards right
I’ve used shfmt in the past: https://github.com/patrickvane/shfmt
