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bash-linux

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Bash/Linux terminal patterns. Critical commands, piping, error handling, scripting. Use when working on macOS or Linux systems.

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name: bash-linux description: Bash/Linux terminal patterns. Critical commands, piping, error handling, scripting. Use when working on macOS or Linux systems. allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, Bash

Bash Linux Patterns

Essential patterns for Bash on Linux/macOS.


1. Operator Syntax

Chaining Commands

OperatorMeaningExample
;Run sequentiallycmd1; cmd2
&&Run if previous succeedednpm install && npm run dev
||Run if previous failednpm test || echo "Tests failed"
|Pipe outputls | grep ".js"

2. File Operations

Essential Commands

TaskCommand
List allls -la
Find filesfind . -name "*.js" -type f
File contentcat file.txt
First N lineshead -n 20 file.txt
Last N linestail -n 20 file.txt
Follow logtail -f log.txt
Search in filesgrep -r "pattern" --include="*.js"
File sizedu -sh *
Disk usagedf -h

3. Process Management

TaskCommand
List processesps aux
Find by nameps aux | grep node
Kill by PIDkill -9 <PID>
Find port userlsof -i :3000
Kill portkill -9 $(lsof -t -i :3000)
Backgroundnpm run dev &
Jobsjobs -l
Bring to frontfg %1

4. Text Processing

Core Tools

ToolPurposeExample
grepSearchgrep -rn "TODO" src/
sedReplacesed -i 's/old/new/g' file.txt
awkExtract columnsawk '{print $1}' file.txt
cutCut fieldscut -d',' -f1 data.csv
sortSort linessort -u file.txt
uniqUnique linessort file.txt | uniq -c
wcCountwc -l file.txt

5. Environment Variables

TaskCommand
View allenv or printenv
View oneecho $PATH
Set temporaryexport VAR="value"
Set in scriptVAR="value" command
Add to PATHexport PATH="$PATH:/new/path"

6. Network

TaskCommand
Downloadcurl -O https://example.com/file
API requestcurl -X GET https://api.example.com
POST JSONcurl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key":"value"}' URL
Check portnc -zv localhost 3000
Network infoifconfig or ip addr

7. Script Template

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail  # Exit on error, undefined var, pipe fail

# Colors (optional)
RED='\033[0;31m'
GREEN='\033[0;32m'
NC='\033[0m'

# Script directory
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"

# Functions
log_info() { echo -e "${GREEN}[INFO]${NC} $1"; }
log_error() { echo -e "${RED}[ERROR]${NC} $1" >&2; }

# Main
main() {
    log_info "Starting..."
    # Your logic here
    log_info "Done!"
}

main "$@"

8. Common Patterns

Check if command exists

if command -v node &> /dev/null; then
    echo "Node is installed"
fi

Default variable value

NAME=${1:-"default_value"}

Read file line by line

while IFS= read -r line; do
    echo "$line"
done < file.txt

Loop over files

for file in *.js; do
    echo "Processing $file"
done

9. Differences from PowerShell

TaskPowerShellBash
List filesGet-ChildItemls -la
Find filesGet-ChildItem -Recursefind . -type f
Environment$env:VAR$VAR
String concat"$a$b""$a$b" (same)
Null checkif ($x)if [ -n "$x" ]
PipelineObject-basedText-based

10. Error Handling

Set options

set -e          # Exit on error
set -u          # Exit on undefined variable
set -o pipefail # Exit on pipe failure
set -x          # Debug: print commands

Trap for cleanup

cleanup() {
    echo "Cleaning up..."
    rm -f /tmp/tempfile
}
trap cleanup EXIT

Remember: Bash is text-based. Use && for success chains, set -e for safety, and quote your variables!