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minus-squaremumblerfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoIs there not also a way to disallow empty variables in the script, I think it is set -u? Then you don’t have to keep thinking “should I add a :? here because if empty it may lead to disaster” all the time. Might be even safer.
minus-squareUnityDevice@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoset -euo pipefail at the top of every script makes stuff a lot safer. Explanation here.
Is there not also a way to disallow empty variables in the script, I think it is
set -u? Then you don’t have to keep thinking “should I add a:?here because if empty it may lead to disaster” all the time. Might be even safer.set -euo pipefailat the top of every script makes stuff a lot safer. Explanation here.