Learn BASH with Real Code Examples
Updated Nov 19, 2025
Performance Notes
Use built-ins instead of spawning processes
Use grep/awk/sed efficiently
Avoid unnecessary loops
Prefer [[ ]] over [ ]
Batch file operations
Security Notes
Quote all variables
Avoid eval
Use set -euo pipefail
Limit sudo usage
Validate user input explicitly
Monitoring Analytics
Log files
Syslog integration
Custom echos with timestamps
Status emails via cron
Code Quality
Use ShellCheck
Enforce set -euo pipefail
Write modular functions
Prefer explicit variable names