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Re: [Help-bash] automatic syntax check?
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Dan Douglas |
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Re: [Help-bash] automatic syntax check? |
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Sat, 05 Jul 2014 06:44:15 -0500 |
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On Saturday, July 05, 2014 08:51:05 AM Patrick Schleizer wrote:
> How (in)sane would it be to add something like
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> bash -n "$0" || exit 1
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> to the beginning of bash scripts to have some basic syntax checking?
I don't think including it in the script helps much. You might want to avoid
using $0. http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ/028
> Any other advise for automatic syntax check?
There are linters. Try http://www.shellcheck.net/
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Dan Douglas