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Can a bash script add to the context of zsh?
I have recently migrated from bash to zsh.
I used to use the following token_refresh.sh script to ssh-add my private key to the session:
#!/usr/bin/env bash
echo "configuring ssh access.."
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Portable check empty directory
With Bash and Dash, you can check for an empty directory using just the shell
(ignore dotfiles to keep things simple):
set *
if [ -e "$1" ]
then
echo 'not empty'
else
echo 'empty'
fi
However I ...
user327359
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Unix-portable way to get script's absolute path in zsh?
What is a portable1 way for a (zsh) script to determine its absolute path?
On Linux I use something like
mypath=$(readlink -f $0)
...but this is not portable. (E.g., readlink on darwin does not ...
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Is it recommended to use zsh instead of bash scripts? [closed]
Can I assume that enough people have zsh installed to run scripts with a
#!/usr/bin/env zsh
as shebang?
Or will this make my scripts un-runnable on too many systems?
Clarification: I’m interested ...
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