Latest revision as of 12:35, 23 January 2014

foo()
{
}

defines a function in bash.

Usecases

Delete linebreaks

cat file | tr '\n' '; ' > newfile

If you want every line to be shown with evaluated values, write the following to the beginning of the script:

set -x

or -xv for verbose

@@ Line 6: / Line 6: @@
 = Usecases =
 Delete linebreaks
-  [[cat]] ''file'' | tr '\
+  [[cat]] ''file'' | tr '\n' '; ' > ''newfile''
-' '; ' > ''newfile''
 = TroubleShooting =
@@ Line 15: / Line 14: @@
 = See also =
-* [[sHell programming]]
+* [[shell programming]]