https://github.com/freedomben/lash

lash (lazy bash) is a very simple language that compiles into bash
https://github.com/freedomben/lash

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lash (lazy bash) is a very simple language that compiles into bash

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/freedomben/lash
• Owner: FreedomBen
• License: gpl-2.0
• Created: 2014-11-07T17:29:52.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-11-07T19:05:39.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-22T22:00:45.923Z (about 1 year ago)
• Size: 125 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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lash (lazy bash) is a very simple language that compiles into bash

`lash` is a superset of `bash` (meaning all valid `bash` is also valid `lash`) that allows you to lazily write `bash` without running into the common pitfalls and annoyances of `bash`.  It also adds alternate syntax for common `bash` patterns that makes things simpler.

`lash` compiles into pure `bash`, so you can distribute your script as `bash` without fear of a dependency on the `lash` compiler.

`lash` also offers some simple features like bash compression to reduce filesize (the compression eliminates whitespace by adding lots of semicolons and not importing the comments from `lash`)

Examples:

In `bash` you can't have spaces around the `=` sign:

  var = 'some val' # Bad

  var='some val'   # Good

  

In `lash` you can:

  var = 'some val' # Bad

  var='some val'   # Good

In `bash` you must dereference variables by prefixing a `$`

  eval val   # Bad  - Runs the command "val" which is not what you want

  eval $val  # Good - Runs the command stored in val

  

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