[snapcaster]

I would have disagreed (obscure syntax thats hard to memorize if you write bash rarely) but LLMs have really removed all of that

[dave4420]

My boss introduced a bug into our build system because of misunderstanding bash semantics. LLMs really haven’t solved this.

Bash makes everyone a muppet if you push it hard enough. (True of all tools, perhaps. But you don’t have to push very hard with bash.)

[wrs]

With Bash quoting rules it’s not like you have to push, it’s more like you don’t pull hard enough to keep it from going over the edge.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

Shellcheck basically solves this problem

[DonHopkins]

That's like saying opioids solve the cancer crisis, and Naloxone solves the opioid crisis.

[dymk]

No, it’s like saying shellcheck solves most of the challenges with writing shell scripts, which it does

[DonHopkins]

But your metaphor is missing the apt comparison of shell scripts with cancer and opioids.