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The Bash Shell Function Library (BSFL) is a small Bash script that acts as a library for bash scripts. It provides a couple of functions that makes the lives of most people using shell scripts a bit easier.

The purpose of this library is to provide pre-build functions for actions that often need to be performed, focussing on error-checking and logging. In this example, a test-script is written that demonstrates the functions the library provides.

The project can be found at this location.

Searching the web I discovered some really nice feature of the unix shell, which I didn't know about.

Try this:

touch foobar.conf

Now try this:

cp foobar.conf{,.bak}

It is equivalent to:

cp foobar.conf foobar.conf.bak

This is also the easiest way to create sequences. Do not use 'seq' since you cannot rely on it being installed.

bash-3.2$ echo {1..10}

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Please visit this location for additional examples.