Bash Tips and Pitfalls: Revision history

2 March 2011

• curprev 14:4914:49, 2 March 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 21,450 bytes +79‎ →‎Reference

28 February 2011

• curprev 11:1411:14, 28 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 21,371 bytes −706‎ →‎Cat with syntax highlighting: Moved to Shell Tips
• curprev 11:0911:09, 28 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 22,077 bytes +105‎ →‎Detect if a given process is running

23 February 2011

• curprev 15:4715:47, 23 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ m 21,972 bytes +36‎ →‎Using Process Substitution
• curprev 15:3715:37, 23 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 21,936 bytes +1,016‎ →‎Redirecting stdout and stderr with tee and a pipe
• curprev 15:2715:27, 23 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 20,920 bytes +1,401‎ →‎Using Process Substitution
• curprev 14:5814:58, 23 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 19,519 bytes +997‎ →‎Remove useless invocation of 'cat'
• curprev 10:2110:21, 23 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 18,522 bytes +706‎ →‎Cat with syntax highlighting

15 February 2011

• curprev 11:3111:31, 15 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 17,816 bytes −590‎ →‎Kill on ALARM signal

10 February 2011

• curprev 11:0211:02, 10 February 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 18,406 bytes +38‎ →‎Parsing Command-Line Option Parameters

31 January 2011

• curprev 10:5310:53, 31 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 18,368 bytes +161‎ →‎Expect space in filenames

26 January 2011

• curprev 11:1411:14, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 18,207 bytes +156‎ →‎Pits
• curprev 11:0311:03, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 18,051 bytes +1,929‎ →‎Beware of Race conditions
• curprev 10:5410:54, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 16,122 bytes +92‎ →‎Tips for Robust Scripts
• curprev 10:5310:53, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 16,030 bytes +2,895‎ →‎Tips for Robust Scripts
• curprev 10:0110:01, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 13,135 bytes +590‎ →‎Delete files with special characters
• curprev 09:4609:46, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 12,545 bytes +35‎ →‎Tips
• curprev 09:4609:46, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 12,510 bytes +119‎ →‎Reference
• curprev 09:4509:45, 26 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 12,391 bytes +143‎ →‎Tips

25 January 2011

• curprev 13:2013:20, 25 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 12,248 bytes +102‎ →‎Detect if a given process PID is running
• curprev 11:3411:34, 25 January 2011‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 12,146 bytes +1,263‎ →‎Get the PID of a running process

22 November 2010

• curprev 09:0309:03, 22 November 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 10,883 bytes +2,212‎ →‎Print multi-line variables with echo

13 September 2010

• curprev 10:1210:12, 13 September 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 8,671 bytes +229‎ →‎Formatted output / printing using printf

5 August 2010

• curprev 14:1914:19, 5 August 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 8,442 bytes +390‎ →‎Print multi-lines with echo
• curprev 14:0714:07, 5 August 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 8,052 bytes +189‎ →‎Pits

29 June 2010

• curprev 16:2916:29, 29 June 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ m 7,863 bytes +1‎ →‎Formatted output / printing using printf

22 April 2010

• curprev 09:3509:35, 22 April 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 7,862 bytes +306‎ →‎Pits: echoing a variable with embedded newlines

9 February 2010

• curprev 12:3112:31, 9 February 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 7,556 bytes +278‎ →‎Formatted output / printing using printf

26 January 2010

• curprev 13:3713:37, 26 January 2010‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 7,278 bytes +222‎ →‎Remove file name extensions

15 November 2009

• curprev 01:2601:26, 15 November 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 7,056 bytes +211‎ →‎Pits

9 November 2009

• curprev 23:3823:38, 9 November 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 6,845 bytes +252‎ →‎Pits
• curprev 23:1723:17, 9 November 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 6,593 bytes +316‎ →‎Return the subnet address

6 November 2009

• curprev 08:4708:47, 6 November 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 6,277 bytes +381‎ →‎Display the name / body of functions
• curprev 08:4308:43, 6 November 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 5,896 bytes +242‎ Re-organized, each tip has its own title now

12 October 2009

• curprev 19:3819:38, 12 October 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 5,654 bytes +410‎ →‎Miscellaneous: Different ways to launch process in the background...
• curprev 13:4913:49, 12 October 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 5,244 bytes +396‎ →‎Pits: Kill / Echo overridden by bash built-in
• curprev 13:3013:30, 12 October 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 4,848 bytes +3‎ →‎Parsing Command-Line Option Parameters: getopts script could not handle - (minus) in parameter name
• curprev 12:3212:32, 12 October 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 4,845 bytes +838‎ →‎Parsing Command-Line Option Parameters

22 September 2009

• curprev 14:0814:08, 22 September 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 4,007 bytes +462‎ →‎Pits
• curprev 10:0910:09, 22 September 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 3,545 bytes +123‎ →‎Miscellaneous

21 September 2009

• curprev 21:0321:03, 21 September 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 3,422 bytes +318‎ →‎Miscellaneous: Get PID of a new process when other processes with same name are already running
• curprev 20:2120:21, 21 September 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 3,104 bytes +127‎ →‎Miscellaneous: read the content of a file into a variable

7 September 2009

• curprev 12:4412:44, 7 September 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 2,977 bytes +235‎ →‎Pits: semi-colon in find

24 August 2009

• curprev 15:1815:18, 24 August 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 2,742 bytes +462‎ →‎Miscellaneous

30 January 2009

• curprev 22:2422:24, 30 January 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 2,280 bytes +623‎ →‎Tips: Parameter parsing

22 January 2009

• curprev 16:3716:37, 22 January 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ m 1,657 bytes 0‎ No edit summary
• curprev 16:3716:37, 22 January 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 1,657 bytes +1,312‎ Added pitfalls

19 January 2009

• curprev 09:4009:40, 19 January 2009‎ Mip talk contribs‎ m 345 bytes 0‎ Bash Tips moved to Bash Tips and Pitfalls: We'll also add common pitfalls to this page

19 November 2008

• curprev 01:1701:17, 19 November 2008‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 345 bytes +222‎ No edit summary

8 November 2008

• curprev 02:1202:12, 8 November 2008‎ Mip talk contribs‎ 123 bytes +123‎ New page: Empty a file named <tt>filename</tt>, keeping the same permission and user/group: <source lang="bash"> >filename </source>