Use Bash on macOS or Linux for file searches, log inspection, text processing, and process checks. Apply command chaining, pipes that pass text between commands, environment variables, and error handling when writing scripts.
Bash/Linux terminal patterns. Critical commands, piping, error handling, scripting. Use when working on macOS or Linux systems.
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Essential patterns for Bash on Linux/macOS.
| Operator | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
; | Run sequentially | cmd1; cmd2 |
&& | Run if previous succeeded | npm install && npm run dev |
|| | Run if previous failed | npm test || echo "Tests failed" |
| | Pipe output | ls | grep ".js" |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| List all | ls -la |
| Find files | find . -name "*.js" -type f |
| File content | cat file.txt |
| First N lines | head -n 20 file.txt |
| Last N lines | tail -n 20 file.txt |
| Follow log | tail -f log.txt |
| Search in files | grep -r "pattern" --include="*.js" |
| File size | du -sh * |
| Disk usage | df -h |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| List processes | ps aux |
| Find by name | ps aux | grep node |
| Kill by PID | kill -9 <PID> |
| Find port user | lsof -i :3000 |
| Kill port | kill -9 $(lsof -t -i :3000) |
| Background | npm run dev & |
| Jobs | jobs -l |
| Bring to front | fg %1 |
| Tool | Purpose | Example |
|---|---|---|
grep | Search | grep -rn "TODO" src/ |
sed | Replace | sed -i 's/old/new/g' file.txt |
awk | Extract columns | awk '{print $1}' file.txt |
cut | Cut fields | cut -d',' -f1 data.csv |
sort | Sort lines | sort -u file.txt |
uniq | Unique lines | sort file.txt | uniq -c |
wc | Count | wc -l file.txt |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| View all | env or printenv |
| View one | echo $PATH |
| Set temporary | export VAR="value" |
| Set in script | VAR="value" command |
| Add to PATH | export PATH="$PATH:/new/path" |
| Task | Command |
|---|---|
| Download | curl -O https://example.com/file |
| API request | curl -X GET https://api.example.com |
| POST JSON | curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key":"value"}' URL |
| Check port | nc -zv localhost 3000 |
| Network info | ifconfig or ip addr |
#!/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} $1" >&2; }
# Main
main() {
log_info "Starting..."
# Your logic here
log_info "Done!"
}
main "$@"
if command -v node &> /dev/null; then
echo "Node is installed"
fi
NAME=${1:-"default_value"}
while IFS= read -r line; do
echo "$line"
done < file.txt
for file in *.js; do
echo "Processing $file"
done
| Task | PowerShell | Bash |
|---|---|---|
| List files | Get-ChildItem | ls -la |
| Find files | Get-ChildItem -Recurse | find . -type f |
| Environment | $env:VAR | $VAR |
| String concat | "$a$b" | "$a$b" (same) |
| Null check | if ($x) | if [ -n "$x" ] |
| Pipeline | Object-based | Text-based |
set -e # Exit on error
set -u # Exit on undefined variable
set -o pipefail # Exit on pipe failure
set -x # Debug: print commands
cleanup() {
echo "Cleaning up..."
rm -f /tmp/tempfile
}
trap cleanup EXIT
Remember: Bash is text-based. Use
&&for success chains,set -efor safety, and quote your variables!
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