alt Hacker NewsBash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, the list goes on.
Bash syntax is anything but simple or logical. Just look at the insane if-statement syntax. Or how the choice of quotes fundamentally changes behavior. Argument parsing, looping, the list goes on.
if statements are pretty simple
if $command; then <thing> else <thing> fi
You may be complaining about the syntax for the test command specifically or bash’s [[ builtin
Also the choice of quotes changing behavior is a thing in:
1. JavaScript/typescript 2. Python 3. C/C++ 4. Rust
In some cases it’s the same difference, eg: string interpolation in JavaScript with backticks