{"id":26130,"date":"2016-05-26T12:34:35","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T10:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=26130"},"modified":"2016-05-26T12:34:35","modified_gmt":"2016-05-26T10:34:35","slug":"explain-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/05\/26\/explain-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a good resource for all of those who is trying to learn shell and\/or figure out complex commands with lots of parameters and pipes – Explain Shell<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"ExplainShell\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You just paste the command and hit the “Explain” button, and the site will decompose the command into parts, providing relevant parts from the manual pages. \u00a0There are a few examples to try it out on too.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a good resource for all of those who is trying to learn shell and\/or figure out complex commands with lots of parameters and pipes – Explain Shell. You just paste the command and hit the “Explain” button, and the site will decompose the command into parts, providing relevant parts from the manual pages. \u00a0There … Continue reading Explain Shell<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Explain Shell #UNIX #Linux #shell #bash #SysAdmin","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,6,18,133,62],"tags":[3098,1960],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-26130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-linux","category-programming","category-sysadmin","category-technology","tag-bash","tag-command-line"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26923,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2016\/11\/21\/shell-parameter-expansion-default-values-for-shell-script-parameters\/","url_meta":{"origin":26130,"position":0},"title":"Shell parameter expansion : default values for shell script parameters","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"November 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"When writing shell scripts, it's often useful to accept some command line parameters. \u00a0It's even more useful to have some defaults for those parameters. \u00a0Until now I've been using if statements to check if the parameter was empty, and if it was, to set it to the default value. \u00a0Something\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "All"","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":47765,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2020\/03\/19\/text-processing-in-the-shell\/","url_meta":{"origin":26130,"position":1},"title":"Text processing in the shell","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"March 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Whether you are an experienced shell user, or just a newbie, have a look at this article for a collection of the great tools and examples of how to process text in the shell. 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