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enriquto on June 5, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Beauty of Unix Pipelines

filenames are variable names. Choosing good filenames is the first step in writing a nice shell script in a situation that you control.

fomine3 on June 5, 2020 | [–]

It's sometimes in control or out of control. Writing script in defensive way is better for security if filename is out of control.

Quekid5 on June 5, 2020 | [–]

No, they aren't -- they are data.

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