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It can’t break if it were never correct in the first place. Bash scripts are always chock-full of bugs, and only work when everything in its environment is the same. That folder now has two files instead of one? Now it just stops working.


In my experience, they don’t have more bugs than Python scripts. That’s assuming they’re shorter than 50 LOC. Long before my scripts reach this size I convert them straight to Go. That’s the most problem-free strategy.




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