A shell colon does nothing. Use it anyway. | Filip Roséen (refp.se)

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[-] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

If you find yourself reaching for this feature it probably means your Bash script has reached the level of complexity where you should absolutely not be using Bash. Use a real programming language instead.

[-] Vulwsztyn@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago

nah, a script with one param can totally be a bash script

[-] pelya@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

You can write true instead of : and it will look better, true is an actual command.

[-] terranoid@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 month ago

Filed away in my colon

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