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If it does not know where it is, then how come I can execute the script (or function in my ace) without having to cd in the folder?

I've created a test script, which is located in $HOME/bin. The script runs as expected with no issues. However, upon echo'ing the $path variable the location of my script is not located in any of...

I am new to unix, so I kind of understand, but I just assumed that putting a simple command like date or ls, in a variable, it would output the same as the original command.

I was just attempting to understand why it was acting this way.

How would I got about getting the variable to update the command?

Command expansions are pretty useful in some situations, however, I am not understanding why expansions do not update files, folders, directories, or even the current time, when there are placed in...

I suppose it would be wise to call it, but in some scripts that I've seen do call the function. That's probably where I picked up that practice from. Is there any behavioral difference if a...

So here I have a simple function that I wish to debug. However, I am unable to debug the desired function even with set -o functrace enabled. Before resorting to asking this question, I had managed...