Stuart P. Bentley
Stuart P. Bentley
I just tried setting up a network bridge to extend my current Wi-Fi connection, and I couldn't get it to work. Here's the output I got: ``` [stuart@stuzzy ~]$ sudo...
http://www.shellcheck.net/ is a linter for Bash that covers a lot of this (and more, too). repo at https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck
Statements joined with `&&` don't end a script even when it's running with `set -e`, but if they're the last statement in your file, their non-zero exit code will be...
(This is a best practice that sort of runs into the "protips" area, one that applies more in Plushu or Dokku than it does to most Bash scripts.) ## Ownership...
If you don't assert the existence of certain important variables, your script could inadvertently wipe the user's home directory: https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux/issues/3671 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8896186
This is one of those holes that can open up if you're not being conscious of how you're outputting your strings. If it could have spaces, quotes, or dollar signs...
# Setting LC_ALL=C See http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/87745/what-does-lc-all-c-do If you don't set LC_ALL=C for, say, sorting a list of numbers from a container/network source, it's going to be dependent on the system locale....
Since this is apparently a somewhat obscure tool for a _very necessary_ task (converting strings to argument lists while preserving quoting/grouping), I think it's called for to have a note...
From a Git repository where I have an app: ``` [stuart@stushiba laterti.me]$ git archive HEAD | sudo docker run -a stdin progrium/buildstep /bin/bash -c "mkdir -p /app && tar -xC...
Users have been reporting issues with NetworkManager not recognizing this family of wireless adapters after upgrading to NetworkManager 1.0.12-1: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=210868 Arch Linux Forum user V1del [hypothesizes](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1617699#p1617699) that this issue is...