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https://github.com/elibs/ebash

enhanced bash
https://github.com/elibs/ebash

bash bash-script bash-scripting error-detection higher-level-languages

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enhanced bash

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/elibs/ebash
Owner: elibs
License: apache-2.0
Created: 2018-12-04T13:04:18.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
Default Branch: develop
Last Pushed: 2024-06-28T22:02:36.000Z (3 months ago)
Last Synced: 2024-07-07T09:34:08.608Z (3 months ago)
Topics: bash, bash-script, bash-scripting, error-detection, higher-level-languages
Language: Shell
Homepage:
Size: 2.82 MB
Stars: 14
Watchers: 7
Forks: 2
Open Issues: 12
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE

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awesome-bash - ebash - enhanced bash. (Libraries / Reusable Things)

README

        > **_NOTE:_** **Documentation is best viewed on [github-pages](https://elibs.github.io/ebash)**

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# Overview

ebash is an open source project developed at [NetApp/SolidFire](https://www.netapp.com/data-storage/solidfire) as an open source project from 2011-2018 under the name `bashutils`

and the [Apache 2.0 License](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). [I](https://github.com/marshall-mcmullen) forked `bashutils` into `ebash` upon my departure from NetApp/SolidFire to continue active

development and ensure it remained free and open source.

The primary goal of ebash is to significantly enhance bash code and make it more *robust*, *feature rich* and *simple* which

greatly accelerates developer productivity.

## Why _bash_

Bash is the ideal language of choice for writing low-level shell scripts and tools requiring direct shell access

invoking simple shell commands on a system for a number of reasons:

* Prolific. Installed on every UNIX machine, minimizing dependencies, install complexity and size.

* Lightweight with low memory and CPU requirements suitable for appliances and embedded systems.

* Ideal for tasks running shell commands as it is native, and simpler than in higher level languages.

## Why _ebash_

Because bash is a lower level language, it lacks some of the features and more advanced data structures typically found

in higher level languages. ebash aims to be _the_ answer to this problem. The most important and compelling feature of

ebash is [implicit error detection](doc/implicit-error-detection.md). This typically results in bash scripts being 75% shorter due to removal of explicit

error handling and the ability to leverage extensive [ebash modules](doc/modules/index).

* [Implicit error detection](doc/implicit-error-detection.md)

* [Logging framework](doc/logging.md)

* [Debugging](doc/debugging.md)

* [Data structures](doc/data-structures.md)

* [Option parsing](doc/opt.md)

* [Testing](doc/etest.md)

* [Mocking](doc/emock.md)

* [Linting](doc/binaries/bashlint.md)

* [Benchmarking](doc/binaries/ebench.md)

* [Compatibility](doc/compatibility.md)

## Quick Start

* [Installation](doc/installation.md)

* [Usage](doc/usage.md)

* [Porting](doc/porting.md)

* [Modules documentation](doc/modules/index.md)

* [Binaries documentation](doc/binaries/index.md)

* [Style Guide](doc/style.md)

* [Bash Gotchas](doc/gotchas.md)

* [Bash Resources](doc/links.md)