[ale] Bash Scripts: When to break them into files

[Adrya Stembridge]

Zoom works perfectly on my debian based systems.

On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 11:18 AM Steve Litt via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> How about the more universally Linux-accessible Jitsi instead of Zoom?
>
> SteveT
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> Michael Potter via Ale said on Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:49:06 -0400
>
> >We can have a zoom meeting sometime and I can do my bash presentation
> >if there is interest.
> >
> >On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:04 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >
> >> If a chunk of a script is useful by itself, I'll make it it's own
> >> file and just call it. I'm not concerned about efficiency of
> >> resources so calling a subshell for an external script is not a
> >> concern. Grep, sed, and awk are often launched many, many times in
> >> sequence anyway so what's another 10-40 subshells? :-)
> >>
> >> An example:
> >>
> >> I have one script that gathers the names of all nodes in the
> >> cluster. That can be called as input to push config changes or pull
> >> current settings or data.
> >> The multi-cluster version calls the same named script as above for
> >> each cluster, gathered using different, cluster-specific methods, to
> >> perform operations across all nodes in all clusters.
> >> There are several, tiny, modifier scripts that can be selectively
> >> piped through for queue and node, node only, or queue only selection.
> >>
> >> The modifier scripts were split out so I can reuse that
> >> functionality in the myriad ad hoc scripts I write daily for poke,
> >> prod, and general break-fix operations.
> >>
> >> On April 26, 2021 10:11:43 PM EDT, David Jackson via Ale
> >> <ale at ale.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hey Everyone,
> >>>
> >>> When do you guys feel that your bash scripts have gotten too long?
> >>> When do they need to be broken out into individual files, and when
> >>> does doing so make them less easy to maintain or follow?
> >>>
> >>> Also, how do you organize your scripts so they are easy for
> >>> newcomers to understand?
> >>>
> >>> Your thoughts are appreciated!
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>> Dave
> >>>
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