Questions tagged [shell-script]
Use this tag for questions about the Unix shell command language used for shell scripting, including POSIX sh, bash, and other versions.
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ASCII-only regex in POSIX shell langauge ... suite [closed]
In a parallel effort of me implementing the C langauge, I'm also implementing the Shell and Utility section (volume actually) of the POSIX standard, to ensure that I have everything I need to compile ...
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What is it that makes parsing shell so hard?
Parsing shell scripts is notoriously challenging. There is a long history of subtle parsing bugs in implementations (e.g.), some of them long-lived, and of static analysis tools that settle for very ...