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Coding style used for my bash projects (v2 Sep 2015)
1. Indentation
Using tabs
Transform old shell scripts using unexpand command
2. Comments
# Some comment
## Some important comment for the next function
################################################# Some separation
3. Functions
Every word in a function begins with an uppercase (ex: SomeFunctionDoesThings)
Define functions this way. Use sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n{\n/ {\n/g' to adapt when opening bracket is on a new line.
function something {
}
If function has some arguments, use local variable names that are more readable than $1...$n. Explain via comments what those variables contain if needed.
function anotherthing {
local var_name="${1}"
local other_var_name="${2}" # This variable contains stuff
}
Functions should always have return status
function thirdthing {
some_command
return $?
}
3.1 Sub functions
When a function is a subroutine of another function, it is called _SomethingAsSubFunction
4. If statements
If statements will be fully written (word "if" must be used). then is written on the same line.
(Use sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/]\n\t*then/]; then/g' to convert files to this format... Replace "],new line, zero or more tabs, then" by "; then")
if [ something ]; then
stuff
else
other stuff
fi
5. Logging
A logging function is available with the following levels of logging:
- DEBUG: Only log this when DEBUG flas is set in program. Any command forged for eval should be logged by this.
- NOTICE: Standard messages
- WARN: Requires attention
- ERROR: Program produced an error but continues execution
- CRITICAL: Program execution is halted
6. Eval
The eval command should always contain 2>1&.
There's a special case where this is needed:
eval "some;commands" 2>> "$LOG_FILE" in order to get error messages into the log.