<p>Bash is a script shell for unix terminals.</p>
<div class="section" id="optimisations">
<h1><a name="optimisations">Optimisations</a></h1>
<ul class="simple">
<li>using ':' for 'true', because true is a software executable whereas ':' is an internal bash command. Very usefull for infinite loops.</li>
</ul>
<p>example:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
while true; do echo 'Hello'; sleep 1; done
</pre>
<p>become:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
while :; do echo 'Hello'; sleep 1; done
</pre>
<dl>
<dt>Thanks:</dt>
<dd><ul class="first last simple">
<li>Gwenn</li>
</ul>
</dd>
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Comments on article "Bash tips"2005-05-26T00:03:01.000003+01:00ludo on Bash tips
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ludo
oups yes ...
2005-05-20T01:02:49.000004+01:00gwenn on Bash tips
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gwenn
s/for/while/