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This perfectly illustrates the problem with bash.

Somebody did something the straightforward way which worked. A solution is given on a better way, but that also has a problem that somebody else didn't know about.

Bash let's you do anything and have it kind of work but you never know how many footguns you're setting up for yourself.



I hate bash




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