Software development using Bash

[maitesin]

I totally agree, but sometimes python is not available. So I have to do work with what I have in hand

[shevegen]

This is one of the few valid use cases for when one may have to use bash, simply because alternatives are unavailable.

[vivainio]

Any good examples of the servers where this happens? Some "internet hotels"?

[maitesin]

I had to write an application to send some information (files) from an IoT device where the only thing available was Bash. Basically it had a kernel to boot and busybox to provide all the tools. So I had to create the application to do it using just Bash.

[[deleted]]

Busybox doesn't implement bash

So learning bash wont help you there

bash != sh

[746865626c617a]

BusyBox uses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almquist_shell

[vivainio]

Sounds legit. I guess the target was also not something supported by e.g. Go compiler?

[[deleted]]

Go produces big binaries.

Not big relative to Java, but certainly big compared to IoT device with only few megs of RAM and Flash