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How do I split a string on a delimiter in Bash?

I have this string stored in a variable: IN="bla@some.com;john@home.com" Now I would like to split the strings by ; delimiter so that I ...

April 10, 2022
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How do I tell if a regular file does not exist in Bash?

I’ve used the following script to see if a file exists: #!/bin/bash FILE=$1 if...

April 9, 2022
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How can I sandbox Python in pure Python?

This is really non-trivial. There are two ways to sandbox Python. One is to create a restricted environment (i.e., very few globals etc.) ...

April 8, 2022
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In a Bash script, how can I exit the entire script if a certain condition occurs?

April 7, 2022
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Meaning of $? (dollar question mark) in shell scripts

This is the exit status of the last executed command. For example the command true always returns a status of 0 and false always returns a status of 1: true ...

April 6, 2022
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Python script header

First, any time you run a script using the interpreter explicitly, as in $ python ./my_script.py $ ksh ~/bin/redouble.sh $ lua5.1 /usr/local/bin/osbf3 the #! line ...

April 4, 2022
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Difference between a script and a program?

April 3, 2022
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