Timeline for Bash script to clone directory structure with renaming
Current License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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| Dec 15, 2021 at 13:31 | vote | accept | Edward | ||
| Dec 13, 2021 at 13:26 | comment | added | Toby Speight |
Oh, forgot to say: the entire script appears to use only the POSIX features of Bash, so could easily write #!/bin/sh for more portable script - check Shellcheck results with both as an extra check.
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 13:22 | history | edited | Toby Speight | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
added 18 characters in body
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 13:21 | comment | added | Toby Speight |
The only thing simple that comes to mind is a quick case "$source" in *[][/*.+]*) exit 1;; esac to outright refuse to work in those cases (extend the [] to include all regex metacharacters plus newline, and add a friendly message). That was what I was cryptically referencing with my "constrain the allowed characters" reference (sorry - v. busy today). I think it's easier to transform a pattern to regexp than vice versa, if you're considering trying to make both substitutions equivalent; I imagine you'd want some pretty rigorous testing if you go that way.
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 13:14 | comment | added | Edward | Good stuff. Have you a suggestion for addressing the "worrying" code? | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 13:03 | history | answered | Toby Speight | CC BY-SA 4.0 |