i hate bash scripts so much ​​

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

i hate bash scripts so much ​​

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

that entire language needs a replacement. even C has less footguns

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

file="my important file.txt"
rm $file  # deletes "my", "important", and "file.txt"
rm "$file"  # correct

dir=""
rm -rf "$dir/"  # becomes rm -rf /
# always have to guard like this
rm -rf "${dir:?Variable is empty}/"

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

these two alone are insane enough to warrant not writing bash scripts. genuinely not worth it

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

something like nushell does a far better job. clearly the paradigm is not the problem, but bash is

[privateger@plasmatrap.com]

@puniko@mk.absturztau.be I genuinely could not think of another language that has equally dangerous footguns, C was the closest one ​​
That still has gets() in the standard library unless you go C11+

[aliceif@mkultra.x27.one]

@privateger@plasmatrap.com powershell

[doskel@masto.doskel.net]

@privateger honestly even fish is like a million times better than bash
for the latter one though, there is the ol' set -euo pipefail (which also fails if any command in a pipe fails to avoid other undefined behavior) to lessen the sting of Bash