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		jonhohle 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: TIL: timeout in Bash scripts But also sucks because the g-prefixed versions aren’t installed on Linux systems which means scripts that rely on them are not portable.

mdaniel 7 months ago [–]

Thankfully bash tolerates that, if the script author cares, e.g.

  gnu_sed=gsed
  if ! command -v $gnu_sed; then
    gnu_sed=$(detector_wizardry)
  fi
  $gnu_sed -Ee ...

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