I've set up my .bash_profile to colour code the hostname in the command prompt differently depending on which machine I'm on. I have a separate file for specifying the host colours, which is sourced ...

Have you ever been confused by the different ways to use Bash arrays? Or perhaps you're just learning Bash, and they're next on your list? Bash arrays can act strangely depending on how you use them.

If you're used to a "standard" *NIX shell you may not be familiar with bash's array feature. Although not as powerful as similar constructs in the P languages (Perl, Python, and PHP) and others, they ...

I have a text file contining a list of strings, one string per line. The number of lines in this file is unknown, but not large (less than 50). Space characters in these strings are quoted with '\' (i ...