Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2017 15:23:11 +0000 From: Manish Jain <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> To: Roger Pate <roger@qxxy.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Variable assignment in sh Message-ID: <VI1PR02MB0974CB37283D680F46DB1907F64D0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> In-Reply-To: <CADTH-osmMTbJbC2jsY=LzEEO-K7SDfMusDqnLe2V4%2B-3P2SEmg@mail.gmail.com> References: <b831bd9e40321e59910ea8913c7a6302.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170131161824.a9f1ef46.freebsd@edvax.de> <b553c644fccc211f9658b31cfe65e8a0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170131185103.7f911dfb.freebsd@edvax.de> <5f51e2c3bdb8a20c6a7786c2b345c957.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <alpine.BSF.2.20.1701311445520.54303@wonkity.com> <20170201014858.eec196d0.freebsd@edvax.de> <VI1PR02MB09748570B8832CAA397D19FFF64D0@VI1PR02MB0974.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <CADTH-osmMTbJbC2jsY=LzEEO-K7SDfMusDqnLe2V4%2B-3P2SEmg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 02/01/2017 08:36 PM, Roger Pate wrote: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Manish Jain > <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote: >> A point here for bash scripting. > > Most often, but not always, if I need something bash has and /bin/sh > lacks, it's time to write that script in a different language. :P Generally, FreeBSD community is averse to bash scritpting. But then sh=20 lacks array support, which is where bash and zsh do wonderfully well. Generally again, I am averse to most Linuxisms, but bash is simply way=20 too much convenience to ignore. Regards Manish Jain
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