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| author | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2025-09-13 12:05:31 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2025-09-13 12:05:31 +0300 |
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diff --git a/about/resources.gmi b/about/resources.gmi index 372934f9..46dc02eb 100644 --- a/about/resources.gmi +++ b/about/resources.gmi @@ -35,106 +35,106 @@ You won't find any links on this site because, over time, the links will break. In random order: +* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly +* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders +* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt +* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly +* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly +* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly +* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly +* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School +* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress +* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible +* C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; +* Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson * The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook -* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner -* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress * Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press -* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress -* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications +* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly +* Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy +* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; +* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer * Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly -* Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly -* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press -* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers -* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders -* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly * Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf +* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly * Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt -* The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton -* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress +* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly * 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications -* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; -* Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer -* 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly -* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional -* Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly -* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner +* Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann * Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press -* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications -* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress -* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly -* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly -* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt +* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly * Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly -* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers -* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible -* C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; -* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly +* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional +* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress * Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing -* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible -* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress * The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle -* Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy -* Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson -* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress -* Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann -* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly -* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly -* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly -* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School +* Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly +* 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly +* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton +* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible +* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press ## Technical references I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order: -* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly -* Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas -* Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley -* Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly * The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press -* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley -* Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly +* Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly +* Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley * Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt +* Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly +* Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly +* BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley +* Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas ## Self-development and soft-skills books In random order: -* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books -* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK -* The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) * Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley -* Getting Things Done; David Allen -* The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd -* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge -* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook -* Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing -* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks -* Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly -* Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) * The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate -* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press -* Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy -* Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion -* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus -* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin -* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook +* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus +* Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) * Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook -* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon -* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons -* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House -* 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know; Camille Fournier; Audiobook * Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications -* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University -* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books -* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite -* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook -* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select -* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus +* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks * Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne +* Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly +* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge +* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books +* The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd +* Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing +* The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) +* Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons +* 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook +* Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook * Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business * The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers +* 97 Things Every Engineering Manager Should Know; Camille Fournier; Audiobook +* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books +* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House +* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook +* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University +* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus +* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook +* Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion +* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press +* Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon +* Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin * Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business -* Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook +* The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select +* Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy +* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite +* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK +* Getting Things Done; David Allen => ../notes/index.gmi Here are notes of mine for some of the books @@ -142,30 +142,30 @@ In random order: Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order: +* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen * The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online * Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online -* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) -* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online +* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training +* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training * Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online -* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training +* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) +* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...; -* Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training -* The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online -* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon * F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc. -* Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online -* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen -* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training -* AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training * Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online +* Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online +* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon +* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online +* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training +* The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online ## Technical guides These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very useful. in random order: -* Raku Guide at https://raku.guide * Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide * How CPUs work at https://cpu.land +* Raku Guide at https://raku.guide ## Podcasts @@ -173,29 +173,29 @@ These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very use In random order: -* BSD Now [BSD] -* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) -* Deep Questions with Cal Newport -* Backend Banter +* Fallthrough [Golang] * The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast +* Hidden Brain * Fork Around And Find Out -* Modern Mentor -* Maintainable * The Changelog Podcast(s) +* Maintainable +* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) +* BSD Now [BSD] +* Pratical AI * Cup o' Go [Golang] -* Fallthrough [Golang] -* Hidden Brain +* Backend Banter * Dev Interrupted -* Pratical AI +* Modern Mentor +* Deep Questions with Cal Newport ### Podcasts I liked I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests. -* FLOSS weekly * Java Pub House -* Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) * Go Time (predecessor of fallthrough) +* FLOSS weekly +* Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) * CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] * Modern Mentor @@ -203,27 +203,27 @@ I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "fin This is a mix of tech and non-tech newsletters I am subscribed to. In random order: -* The Imperfectionist -* Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) -* Changelog News * Applied Go Weekly Newsletter -* Golang Weekly -* byteSizeGo +* VK Newsletter +* Changelog News * The Valuable Dev -* Ruby Weekly +* Golang Weekly * The Pragmatic Engineer -* Monospace Mentor * Register Spill -* VK Newsletter +* Ruby Weekly +* The Imperfectionist +* Monospace Mentor +* byteSizeGo +* Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) ## Magazines I like(d) This is a mix of tech I like(d). I may not be a current subscriber, but now and then, I buy an issue. In random order: -* freeX (not published anymore) * Linux Magazine -* LWN (online only) * Linux User +* freeX (not published anymore) +* LWN (online only) # Formal education diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi b/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi index 66c78be6..5a8ba36c 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2021-05-16-personal-bash-coding-style-guide.gmi @@ -409,6 +409,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi index f6ddab74..9548204d 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi @@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2024-10-02-gemtexter-3.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-4.gmi 2024-10-02 Gemtexter 3.0.0 - Let's Gemtext again⁴ => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 => ./2023-07-21-gemtexter-2.1.0-lets-gemtext-again-3.gmi 2023-07-21 Gemtexter 2.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again³ diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi b/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi index 2f0eab35..4b10bcfa 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This is the first blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is about rand => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 (You are currently reading this) => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 ``` @@ -480,6 +481,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 (You are currently reading this) diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi index 5fc23c32..d5c3a91d 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This is the second blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Ba => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 (You are currently reading this) => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 ``` @@ -498,6 +499,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 (You are currently reading this) => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.gmi b/gemfeed/2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.gmi index 0bb322e1..90433dc1 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.gmi @@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other Bash and KISS-related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2024-04-01-KISS-high-availability-with-OpenBSD.gmi 2024-04-01 KISS high-availability with OpenBSD => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 => ./2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.gmi 2023-10-29 KISS static web photo albums with `photoalbum.sh` (You are currently reading this) diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi b/gemfeed/2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi index b4034bc8..d67ea47e 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ This is the third blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Bas => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 (You are currently reading this) +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 ``` @@ -371,6 +372,7 @@ E-Mail your comments to `paul@nospam.buetow.org` :-) Other related posts are: +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 => ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 (You are currently reading this) => ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 => ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.gmi b/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.gmi index 01cfe726..7b3759b7 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2024-01-13-one-reason-why-i-love-openbsd.gmi @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ $ doas sysupgrade # Update all binaries (including Kernel) `sysupgrade` downloaded and upgraded to the next release and rebooted the system. After the reboot, I run: +> Note to myself: I have to undo the `/var/www` symlink before upgrading, and re-establishing the symlink afterwards again. This is due to disk space constraings on my setup! + ```shell $ doas sysmerge # Update system configuration files $ doas pkg_add -u # Update all packages diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.gmi b/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.gmi index 4d9ad4e6..bb860da1 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.gmi +++ b/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.gmi @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Interested in the Glove80? I suggest also reading this review: As I mentioned, keyboards will remain an expensive hobby of mine. I don't regret anything here, though. After all, I use keyboards at my day job. I've ordered a Kinesis custom build with the Gateron Kangaroo switches, and I'm excited to see how that compares to my current setup. I'm still deciding whether to keep my Gateron Brown-equipped Kinesis as a secondary keyboard or possibly leave it at my in-laws for use when visiting or to sell it. -> Update 2025-02-22: I've received my custom Kinesis Adv. 360 build with the Gateron Baby Kangaroo key switches. I am absolutely in love! I will keep my Gateron Brown versin around, though. +> Update 2025-02-22: I've received my custom Kinesis Adv. 360 build with the Gateron Baby Kangaroo key switches. I am absolutely in love! I will keep my Gateron Brown version around, though. ## Conclusion diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi b/gemfeed/2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2331e53d --- /dev/null +++ b/gemfeed/2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi @@ -0,0 +1,536 @@ +# Bash Golf Part 4 + +> Published at 2025-09-13T12:04:03+03:00 + +This is the fourth blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Bash tips, tricks, and weirdnesses I have encountered over time. + +=> ./2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi 2021-11-29 Bash Golf Part 1 +=> ./2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi 2022-01-01 Bash Golf Part 2 +=> ./2023-12-10-bash-golf-part-3.gmi 2023-12-10 Bash Golf Part 3 +=> ./2025-09-14-bash-golf-part-4.gmi 2025-09-14 Bash Golf Part 4 (You are currently reading this) + +``` + + '\ '\ '\ '\ . . |>18>> + \ \ \ \ . ' . | + O>> O>> O>> O>> . 'o | + \ .\. .. .\. .. .\. .. . | + /\ . /\ . /\ . /\ . . | + / / . / / .'. / / .'. / / .' . | +jgs^^^^^^^`^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ + Art by Joan Stark, mod. by Paul Buetow +``` + +## Table of Contents + +* ⇢ Bash Golf Part 4 +* ⇢ ⇢ Split pipelines with tee + process substitution +* ⇢ ⇢ Heredocs for remote sessions (and their gotchas) +* ⇢ ⇢ Namespacing and dynamic dispatch with `::` +* ⇢ ⇢ Indirect references with namerefs +* ⇢ ⇢ Function declaration forms +* ⇢ ⇢ Chaining function calls in conditionals +* ⇢ ⇢ Grep, sed, awk quickies +* ⇢ ⇢ Safe xargs with NULs +* ⇢ ⇢ Efficient file-to-variable and arrays +* ⇢ ⇢ Quick password generator +* ⇢ ⇢ `yes` for automation +* ⇢ ⇢ Forcing `true` to fail (and vice versa) +* ⇢ ⇢ Restricted Bash +* ⇢ ⇢ Useless use of cat (and when it’s ok) +* ⇢ ⇢ Atomic locking with `mkdir` +* ⇢ ⇢ Smarter globs and faster find-exec + +## Split pipelines with tee + process substitution + +Sometimes you want to fan out one stream to multiple consumers and still continue the original pipeline. `tee` plus process substitution does exactly that: + +``` +somecommand \ + | tee >(command1) >(command2) \ + | command3 +``` + +All of `command1`, `command2`, and `command3` see the output of `somecommand`. Example: + +```bash +printf 'a\nb\n' \ + | tee >(sed 's/.*/X:&/; s/$/ :c1/') >(tr a-z A-Z | sed 's/$/ :c2/') \ + | sed 's/$/ :c3/' +``` + +Output: + +``` +a :c3 +b :c3 +A :c2 :c3 +B :c2 :c3 +X:a :c1 :c3 +X:b :c1 :c3 +``` + +This relies on Bash process substitution (`>(...)`). Make sure your shell is Bash and not a POSIX `/bin/sh`. + +Example (fails under `dash`/POSIX sh): + +```bash +/bin/sh -c 'echo hi | tee >(cat)' +# /bin/sh: 1: Syntax error: "(" unexpected +``` + +Combine with `set -o pipefail` if failures in side branches should fail the whole pipeline. + +Example: + +```bash +set -o pipefail +printf 'ok\n' | tee >(false) | cat >/dev/null +echo $? # 1 because a side branch failed +``` + +Further reading: + +=> https://blogtitle.github.io/splitting-pipelines/ Splitting pipelines with tee + +## Heredocs for remote sessions (and their gotchas) + +Heredocs are great to send multiple commands over SSH in a readable way: + +```bash +ssh "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST" <<EOF + # Go to the work directory + cd "$WORK_DIR" + + # Make a git pull + git pull + + # Export environment variables required for the service to run + export AUTH_TOKEN="$APP_AUTH_TOKEN" + + # Start the service + docker compose up -d --build +EOF +``` + +Tips: + +Quoting the delimiter changes interpolation. Use `<<'EOF'` to avoid local expansion and send the content literally. + +Example: + +```bash +FOO=bar +cat <<'EOF' +$FOO is not expanded here +EOF +``` + +Prefer explicit quoting for variables (as above) to avoid surprises. Example (spaces preserved only when quoted): + +```bash +WORK_DIR="/tmp/my work" +ssh host <<EOF + cd $WORK_DIR # may break if unquoted + cd "$WORK_DIR" # safe +EOF +``` + +Consider `set -euo pipefail` at the top of the remote block for stricter error handling. Example: + +```bash +ssh host <<'EOF' + set -euo pipefail + false # causes immediate failure + echo never +EOF +``` + +Indent-friendly variant: use a dash to strip leading tabs in the body: + +```bash +cat <<-EOF > script.sh + #!/usr/bin/env bash + echo "tab-indented content is dedented" +EOF +``` + +Further reading: + +=> https://rednafi.com/misc/heredoc_headache/ Heredoc headaches and fixes + +## Namespacing and dynamic dispatch with `::` + +You can emulate simple namespacing by encoding hierarchy in function names. One neat pattern is pseudo-inheritance via a tiny `super` helper that maps `pkg::lang::action` to a `pkg::base::action` default. + +```bash +#!/usr/bin/env bash +set -euo pipefail + +super() { + local -r fn=${FUNCNAME[1]} + # Split name on :: and dispatch to base implementation + local -a parts=( ${fn//::/ } ) + "${parts[0]}::base::${parts[2]}" "$@" +} + +foo::base::greet() { echo "base: $@"; } +foo::german::greet() { super "Guten Tag, $@!"; } +foo::english::greet() { super "Good day, $@!"; } + +for lang in german english; do + foo::$lang::greet Paul +done +``` + +Output: + +``` +base: Guten Tag, Paul! +base: Good day, Paul! +``` + +## Indirect references with namerefs + +`declare -n` creates a name reference — a variable that points to another variable. It’s cleaner than `eval` for indirection: + +```bash +user_name=paul +declare -n ref=user_name +echo "$ref" # paul +ref=julia +echo "$user_name" # julia +``` + +Output: + +``` +paul +julia +``` + +Namerefs are local to functions when declared with `local -n`. Requires Bash ≥4.3. + +You can also construct the target name dynamically: + +```bash +make_var() { + local idx=$1; shift + local name="slot_$idx" + printf -v "$name" '%s' "$*" # create variable slot_$idx +} + +get_var() { + local idx=$1 + local -n ref="slot_$idx" # bind ref to slot_$idx + printf '%s\n' "$ref" +} + +make_var 7 "seven" +get_var 7 +``` + +Output: + +``` +seven +``` + +## Function declaration forms + +All of these work in Bash, but only the first one is POSIX-ish: + +```bash +foo() { echo foo; } +function foo { echo foo; } +function foo() { echo foo; } +``` + +Recommendation: prefer `name() { ... }` for portability and consistency. + +## Chaining function calls in conditionals + +Functions return a status like commands. You can short-circuit them in conditionals: + +```bash +deploy_check() { test -f deploy.yaml; } +smoke_test() { curl -fsS http://localhost/healthz >/dev/null; } + +if deploy_check || smoke_test; then + echo "All good." +else + echo "Something failed." >&2 +fi +``` + +You can also compress it golf-style: + +```bash +deploy_check || smoke_test && echo ok || echo fail >&2 +``` + +## Grep, sed, awk quickies + +Word match and context: `grep -w word file`; with context: `grep -C3 foo file` (same as `-A3 -B3`). Example: + +```bash +cat > /tmp/ctx.txt <<EOF +one +foo +two +three +bar +EOF +grep -C1 foo /tmp/ctx.txt +``` + +Output: + +``` +one +foo +two +``` + +Skip a directory while recursing: `grep -R --exclude-dir=foo 'bar' /path`. Example: + +```bash +mkdir -p /tmp/golf/foo /tmp/golf/src +printf 'bar\n' > /tmp/golf/src/a.txt +printf 'bar\n' > /tmp/golf/foo/skip.txt +grep -R --exclude-dir=foo 'bar' /tmp/golf +``` + +Output: + +``` +/tmp/golf/src/a.txt:bar +``` + +Insert lines with sed: `sed -e '1isomething' -e '3isomething' file`. Example: + +```bash +printf 'A\nB\nC\n' > /tmp/s.txt +sed -e '1iHEAD' -e '3iMID' /tmp/s.txt +``` + +Output: + +``` +HEAD +A +B +MID +C +``` + +Drop last column with awk: `awk 'NF{NF-=1};1' file`. Example: + +```bash +printf 'a b c\nx y z\n' > /tmp/t.txt +cat /tmp/t.txt +echo +awk 'NF{NF-=1};1' /tmp/t.txt +``` + +Output: + +``` +a b c +x y z + +a b +x y +``` + +## Safe xargs with NULs + +Avoid breaking on spaces/newlines by pairing `find -print0` with `xargs -0`: + +```bash +find . -type f -name '*.log' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -f +``` + +Example with spaces and NULs only: + +```bash +printf 'a\0b c\0' | xargs -0 -I{} printf '<%s>\n' {} +``` + +Output: + +``` +<a> +<b c> +``` + +## Efficient file-to-variable and arrays + +Read a whole file into a variable without spawning `cat`: + +```bash +cfg=$(<config.ini) +``` + +Read lines into an array safely with `mapfile` (aka `readarray`): + +```bash +mapfile -t lines < <(grep -v '^#' config.ini) +printf '%s\n' "${lines[@]}" +``` + +Assign formatted strings without a subshell using `printf -v`: + +```bash +printf -v msg 'Hello %s, id=%04d' "$USER" 42 +echo "$msg" +``` + +Output: + +``` +Hello paul, id=0042 +``` + +Read NUL-delimited data (pairs well with `-print0`): + +```bash +mapfile -d '' -t files < <(find . -type f -print0) +printf '%s\n' "${files[@]}" +``` + +## Quick password generator + +Pure Bash with `/dev/urandom`: + +```bash +LC_ALL=C tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9_' </dev/urandom | head -c 16; ech |
