Bash functions, unlike functions in most programming languages do not allow you to return a value to the caller. When a bash function ends its return value is its status: zero for success, non-zero ...

This is how variables work in programming. A variable is a label (usually a word) that can be substituted for a piece of data. This then allows us to ferry information around our app by getting ...

An example of a function in a program is a sum function. Here’s a simple implementation: define a function named sum that takes two arguments. Call it using variables a and b: int a = 5; int b ...

We often read (including in the book Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper) that if we pass variable names as parameters to functions, they will be treated as string literals and cannot be ...

Today, Replit announced Ghostwriter, an AI-powered programming assistant that can make suggestions to make coding easier. It works within Replit's online development environment and resembles ...