Here is how to substitute file contents in place with sed or BASH Substituting in place with sed # Usage : sed_sub_in_place search replace file # ^[\].*$ escaped in search (Basic Regular Expressions) # / and & escaped in replace ( escape BRE special characters: ^[\].*$ ...

Install PHPUnit with a BASH script. PHPUnit installing and executing script The script below, called install_phpunit.sh, can be run with no arguments, in such circumstances it installs current stable release of PHPUnit. It checks for root privileges before it begins ...

BASH array operations and syntax Suppose you have four strings: a b c d, and you want to place them all in array, here is how you could achieve this: arr=(a b c d) To take a look at what is in your array you use declare built-in: declare -p arr If you need to get all the ...

Asking for permission to carry on Here is the first example of recursive function. Imagine your script needs to ask for permission to proceed to the next stage of some automation process. Perhaps, that next stage consists of deletion of some important directories and ...