Shell

When simple bash scripts start to become unwieldy, you may consider reaching out for something “higher” level, like Perl, Ruby or Python. I’m reaching out for Elixir. Maybe the startup times are not perfect for every use case, but Elixir … Read more

Moody’s Analytics has found 21 million “red flags” associated with shell companies that could be used to enable financial crimes, from ancient directors to dubious addresses. For instance, more than 2,200 companies have directors aged 123 years and above, despite … Read more

JavaScript is the world’s most popular scripting language. So why is it hard to run shell scripts in JavaScript? import { spawnSync } from “child_process”; // this is a lot more work than it could be const { status, stdout, … Read more

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The shell and its crappy handling of whitespace I’m about thirty-five years into Unix shell programming now, and I continue to despise it. The shell’s treatment of whitespace is a constant problem. The fact that for i in *.jpg; do … Read more

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I’ve recently been asked to share my shell setup, which if you ask me, that’s one of the highest levels of praise you can achieve as a software developer 🤣 In this article, I’ll describe the setup I’ve been using … Read more

The December holiday plans of IT workers were thrown into disarray last year after the disclosure of a major bug in the widely-used Log4j tool. The discovery led to months of feverish activity to patch the vulnerability, but a year … Read more