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Originally Posted by wisecracker

Inside the code are nothing but tabs for indentation.
Why? - Because my tab is equivalent of 8 whitespaces and just imagine the size of the file with all of those tabs replaced by useless whitespaces.
Also it contains for - do - done on seperate lines.
Also it contains while - do - done and others on seperate lines.
Also it contains if - then - else - fi and derivatives on seperate lines.
Also it contains somefunction() - { - } on seperate lines.

None of this matters. The original format is of little significance, since the program is written to change it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wisecracker

Also it contains ` somecommand ` , also deprecated.
Although items might be deprecated does not mean they are not in use - be aware.

EDIT:-
I forgot to add that this script works on current bash versions on various platforms along with CygWin too.
So replace the word 'deprecated' with 'hidden' until it is completely removed from the bash shell which I suspect will not be for a long while yet...

Deprecated means "don't use, but still supported". I doubt they will ever remove support for these, as that would mean a breaking change.

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