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| author | Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2009-11-03 22:14:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2009-11-03 22:14:44 +0200 |
| commit | a58062400d2c7b0f86646fba72a5f4054066020b (patch) | |
| tree | c1e6601e6b147d89d8812a1f4f1045ad8f9cd8c1 /README | |
| parent | 4790b1a0c684e115f3b06737cb879e4dfe0166ea (diff) | |
| download | bash-completion-a58062400d2c7b0f86646fba72a5f4054066020b.tar.gz | |
Note POSIX spec.
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@@ -409,8 +409,11 @@ guidelines in mind: have a command with the same name. In particular, do not use GNU extensions to commands like sed and - awk if you can write your code another way. If you really must use - them, however, do feel free to do so. + awk if you can write your code another way. If you really, REALLY must + use them, do so if there's no other sane way to do what you're doing. + The "Shell and Utilities" volume of the POSIX specification is a good + starting reference for portable use of various utilities, see + http://www.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/ - Read the existing source code for examples of how to solve particular problems. Read the bash man page for details of all the |