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Rev

thanks. what is a "list" in bash? Is it different from bash array? I never heard of it and it would be great. yes, storing the filenames in a "list" could be a good idea. I got the filenames as $@ or $* from command line arguments for running a script

Tim
– Tim

2017-09-23 13:40:31 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 13:40
Storing the file names in a file allows for external utilities, but also risks misinterpretation of, say, newlines.

Jeff Schaller
– Jeff Schaller ♦

2017-09-23 14:00:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 14:00
Is Schwartzian Transform used in sorting some kind of design pattern, e.g. template, strategy, ... patterns, as introduced in the book Design Pattern by Gang of Four?

Tim
– Tim

2017-09-23 14:19:29 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 14:19
@JeffSchaller fortunately there are no newlines in numbers. If I was writing completely generic filename-safe code I quite possibly wouldn't be using bash.

Chris Davies
– Chris Davies

2017-09-23 15:44:21 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2017 at 15:44

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