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2025-04-21
[DIFF] Bash Programming/05 03:54 [INFO] StephaneChazelas fix a few mistakes (and removed unneeded verbiage) in earlier edits, minor improvements
2025-04-20
[DIFF] BashFAQ/011 12:55 [INFO] StephaneChazelas
[DIFF] BashFAQ/026 12:52 [INFO] StephaneChazelas -v is perfectly POSIX, it wasn't in the original awk from the 70s, but neither was rand(). Separating statements with space isn't though. Needs ; or newline, awk can't take arbitrary file names
2025-04-19
[DIFF] BashFAQ/005 17:16 [INFO] StephaneChazelas
[DIFF] Process Substitution 16:48 [INFO] StephaneChazelas
[DIFF] Quotes 16:19 [INFO] StephaneChazelas
[DIFF] Bashism 16:04 [INFO] StephaneChazelas
[DIFF] BashFAQ/041 15:51 [INFO] StephaneChazelas [1-2]
[DIFF] BashPitfalls 14:16 [INFO] StephaneChazelas [1-3]
GreyCat [4]		 #02 more LC_CTYPE -> LC_ALL and various random improvements
#03 setting LC_CTYPE is not enough. It's in no way specific to filenames.
#04 Pitfall 65: IFS= read -r -d '' filename
[DIFF] Reading Function Keys In Bash 09:40 [INFO] StephaneChazelas [1-2] #01 various improvements (I got bored after a while, so not exhaustive)
[DIFF] BashFAQ/071 09:07 [INFO] StephaneChazelas [1-2] #01 various fixes and improvements
[DIFF] Bash Programming/03 07:42 [INFO] StephaneChazelas pf65 update and various improvements.
[DIFF] Bash Programming/04 06:34 [INFO] StephaneChazelas see pf65 update, no point in only considering the first argument. Can't split on whitespace as won't work if paths start with spaces. Need -files0-from to deal with paths that start with -
2025-03-22
[DIFF] BashFAQ/006 09:32 [INFO] ormaaj update nameref section to reflect current support status.
2025-03-12
[DIFF] ParsingLs 18:48 [INFO] GreyCat [1]
81 [2-5]		 #01 Every bad example MUST be labeled as such, WITHIN the example. Readers don't always look at context above or below the example.
#02 Update for pho e display
#03 Coreutils: adjust for phone display. Update wording as of 2025 (in reflect to 2016)
#04 (Find): Adjust for phone display. Use neutral tone
#05 Adjust for phone display. (Never do this): already in bold, adjust to use neutral tone in examples
2025-03-11
[DIFF] BashFAQ/081 22:37 [INFO] 81 [1-5] #01 mention exit codes of command vs type in POSIX
#02 IsInPath() Use exit 0 on success
#03 IsInPath(). Simply $1 test. Use exit to reflect subshell instead of return
#04 Add spaces arous redirection '>'
#05 Add type: in POSIX. Tone down 'which is not recommended'
2025-02-09
[DIFF] BashFAQ/062 13:06 [INFO] emanuele6 [1-3] #01 remove -- from trap -- const
#02 I missed some --
#03 um--: of course it is not redundant after "$tempdir" if is set from the $TMPDIR environment variable; also don't use kill -SIG in POSIX ex: not POSIX, optional XSI (legacy) ext; no trap - NUM for same

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