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Coding style used for my bash projects (v2 Sep 2015)
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++++ Header
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Always use the following header
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----BEGIN HEADER
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
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PROGRAM="program-name" # Long description
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AUTHOR="(L) 20XX-20YY by Orsiris \"Ozy\" de Jong"
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CONTACT="http://www.example.com me@example.com"
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PROGRAM_BUILD=YYYYMMDDVV
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## Optional instructions
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----END HEADER
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Using bind style versionning:
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YYYYMMDDVV (Year, Month, Day, Revision): Example: 2015012402 = 2nd revision of 24 Jan 2015
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++++ Indentation
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Using tabs
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Transform old shell scripts using unexpand command
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++++ Comments
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# Some comment
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## Some important comment for the next function
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################################################# Some separation
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++++ Todo comments
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Whenever there is some idea to postpone, use #TODO: (exact match for searches)
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++++ Variables
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All local variables are lowercase, separated by _ (ex: low_wait)
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All global variables full upercase, separated by _ (ex: EXEC_TIME)
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All instance variables (verbose, silent, etc) have prefix _ and are full upercase, separated by _ (ex: _VERBOSE_INSTANCE)
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++++ Functions
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Every word in a function begins with an uppercase (ex: SomeFunctionDoesThings)
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Define functions this way. Use sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n{\n/ {\n/g' to adapt when opening bracket is on a new line.
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function something {
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}
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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.
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function anotherthing {
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local var_name="${1}"
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local other_var_name="${2}" # This variable contains stuff
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}
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Functions should always have return status
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function thirdthing {
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some_command
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return $?
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}
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++++ Sub functions
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When a function is a subroutine of another function, it is called _SomethingAsSubFunction
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++++ Function argument check
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Bash does not provide any checks against missing function arguments. Also, missing quotes can lead to an inconsistent number of arguments.
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Every function call will be checked by __CheckArguments which takes the number of arguments, $# (the real number of args given), the parent function name and the parent function's arguments.
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__CheckArguments will trigger a critical error if number of arguments if incorrect. This will also prevent silent typo errors.
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Ex:
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function Something {
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local some="${1}"
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local other="${2}"
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local args="${3}"
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__CheckArguments 3 $# $FUNCNAME "$*"
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__CheckArguments will only trigger if script is called with DEBUG=yes
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Also, with PARANOIA_DEBUG=yes, __CheckArguments will recount all arguments given by "$*" and compare. This can mislead if arguments contain spaces.
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++++ If statements
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If statements will be fully written (word "if" must be used). then is written on the same line.
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(Use sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/]\n\t*then/]; then/g' to convert files to this format... Replace "],new line, zero or more tabs, then" by "; then")
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if [ something ]; then
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stuff
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else
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other stuff
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fi
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++++ Logging
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A logging function is available with the following levels of logging:
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- DEBUG: Only log this when DEBUG flas is set in program. Any command forged for eval should be logged by this.
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- NOTICE: Standard messages
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- WARN: Requires attention
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- ERROR: Program produced an error but continues execution
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- CRITICAL: Program execution is halted
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++++ Eval
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The eval command should always contain 2>1&.
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There's a special case where this is needed:
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eval "some;commands" 2>> "$LOG_FILE" in order to get error messages into the log.
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