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On 2024-11-19 14:57, Paul Zillmann wrote:
> Could you recommend any good resources to learn how to script for POSIX
> in the first place?

I highly recommend a habit of running your scripts through shellcheck 
<https://www.shellcheck.net/>, which is probably available from the 
package system of your distro (e.g. "apt-get install shellcheck").

I've been writing shell scripts for decades and it still catches my 
mistakes.  It gives good and specific advice.  And investigating *why* 
it gives advice is great for learning.

> I'm not a very good bash scripter myself, usually I work with compiled
> languages like C and Golang.
Shells have grown rather organically and have fewer unifying principles 
than those languages.  Be prepared for weirdness.