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critic.sh

Dead simple testing framework for Bash with coverage reporting

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3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
455GitHub stars
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What it is

Dead simple testing framework for Bash with coverage reporting

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2020-02-14 10:18:19 UTC to 2020-09-08 16:17:09 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

0122020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 102020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-02-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-02 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-09 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-16 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-23 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-03-30 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-04-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-04 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-11 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-18 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-05-25 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-05-25 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMay 252020-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-06-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-06-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-06-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-06-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-06-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-07-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-07-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-07-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-07-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-07-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-08-31 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-08-31 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-09-07 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2020-09-07 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-09-14 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsSep 7

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Feb 102020-02-10 00:00:00 UTC2020-02-17 00:00:00 UTC211
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Sep 72020-09-07 00:00:00 UTC2020-09-14 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Here's my full bash reading list: - ShellCheck: life-changing BASH linter and testing toolkit https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck - 30 interesting commands for the Linux shell – Víctor López Ferrando https://www.lopezferrando.com/30-interesting-shell-commands/ - 7 Surprising Bash Variables https://zwischenzugs.com/2019/05/11/seven-surprising-bash-va... - anordal/shellharden https://github.com/anordal/shellharden/blob/master/how_to_do... - barryclark/bashstrap https://github.com/barryclark/bashstrap - BashPitfalls : Greg's Wiki http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls - Common shell script mistakes
Read the rest
http://www.pixelbeat.org/programming/shell_script_mistakes.h... - Comparison of all the UNIX shells http://hyperpolyglot.org/unix-shells - Defensive Bash Programming https://www.kfirlavi.com/blog/2012/11/14/defensive-bash-prog... or https://jonlabelle.com/snippets/view/markdown/defensive-bash... - Bash FAQ and Cookbook https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ - Detecting the use of "curl | bash" server side https://idontplaydarts.com/2016/04/detecting-curl-pipe-bash-... - Gensokyo Blog - Use Bash Builtins shell,fish,bash https://blog.gensokyo.io/a/fafbe742.html - Rich’s sh (POSIX shell) tricks http://www.etalabs.net/sh_tricks.html - Shell Scripts Matter https://dev.to/thiht/shell-scripts-matter - Shell Style Guide https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml - Shellcode Injection - Dhaval Kapil https://dhavalkapil.com/blogs/Shellcode-Injection/ - Something you didn't know about functions in bash http://catonmat.net/blog/bash-functions - Ten More Things I Wish I’d Known About bash https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/01/21/ten-more-things-i-wish-i... - Ten Things I Wish I’d Known About bash https://zwischenzugs.com/2018/01/06/ten-things-i-wish-id-kno... - Testing Bash scripts with BATS https://opensource.com/article/19/2/testing-bash-bats - Testing Bash scripts with Critic.sh https://github.com/Checksum/critic.sh - Useful BASH and UNIX commands https://cb.vu/unixtoolbox.xhtml - When Bash Scripts Bite :: Jane Street Tech Blogs https://blogs.janestreet.com/when-bash-scripts-bite/ - Bashible: Ansible-like framework for bash-based devops https://github.com/mig1984/bashible - Auto-parse help text from comment at the top of script https://samizdat.dev/help-message-for-shell-scripts/ - Make bash scripts safer by writing them in Rust https://github.com/rust-shell-script/rust_cmd_lib - Additional shell options for non-trivial bash scripts https://saveriomiroddi.github.io/Additional-shell-options-fo...
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