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A gentle introduction to Bash functions

You will most often use Bash functions to make your shell life easier; instead of typing out complex command pipelines, ...
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An introduction to the most useful special and environment variables in Bash

If you're writing a Bash script, you will invariably need to pass values to it—aka arguments or positional parameters. Bash's ...
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Commodity Market: Definition, Types, Example, and How It Works

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...
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Understanding Block Grants: Definition, History, and Key Examples

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...