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Like programming in bash (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Bash substitution is regex-level wizardry.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Slapping a $ before an environment variable name is "wizardry?"

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Not quite that, but more the ${variable##.*} sort of thing.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Back then, a pain in the ass. Nowadays, I just let an AI handle that. I used this crap for years and years and still cannot remember, which symbols you need in which order. And why should I remember? I'm not the computer. The computer should know, not me.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nope, the whole ${variable/regex/replacement} syntax

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    All the string manipulation functions are easy: https://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/string-manipulation.html

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