[ale] Bash Scripts: When to break them into files

[Steve Litt]

How about the more universally Linux-accessible Jitsi instead of Zoom?

SteveT


Michael Potter via Ale said on Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:49:06 -0400

>We can have a zoom meeting sometime and I can do my bash presentation
>if there is interest.
>
>On Tue, Apr 27, 2021 at 8:04 AM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> If a chunk of a script is useful by itself, I'll make it it's own
>> file and just call it. I'm not concerned about efficiency of
>> resources so calling a subshell for an external script is not a
>> concern. Grep, sed, and awk are often launched many, many times in
>> sequence anyway so what's another 10-40 subshells? :-)
>>
>> An example:
>>
>> I have one script that gathers the names of all nodes in the
>> cluster. That can be called as input to push config changes or pull
>> current settings or data.
>> The multi-cluster version calls the same named script as above for
>> each cluster, gathered using different, cluster-specific methods, to
>> perform operations across all nodes in all clusters.
>> There are several, tiny, modifier scripts that can be selectively
>> piped through for queue and node, node only, or queue only selection.
>>
>> The modifier scripts were split out so I can reuse that
>> functionality in the myriad ad hoc scripts I write daily for poke,
>> prod, and general break-fix operations.
>>
>> On April 26, 2021 10:11:43 PM EDT, David Jackson via Ale
>> <ale at ale.org> wrote:  
>>>
>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>
>>> When do you guys feel that your bash scripts have gotten too long?
>>> When do they need to be broken out into individual files, and when
>>> does doing so make them less easy to maintain or follow?
>>>
>>> Also, how do you organize your scripts so they are easy for
>>> newcomers to understand?
>>>
>>> Your thoughts are appreciated!
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Dave
>>>