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Difference between 2>&-, 2>/dev/null, |&, &>/dev/null and >/dev/null 2>&1

Is it recommended to use zsh instead of bash scripts?

What's a safe and portable way to split a string in shell programming?

Can I run Bash scripts in FreeBSD without modifying them?

How portable are /dev/stdin, /dev/stdout and /dev/stderr?

Testing if a variable is empty in a shell script

tar cvf or tar -cvf ?

On which unix distributions is Python installed as part of the default install?

How can I test if a program is running from within a script

Detect init system using the shell