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Offline sam

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Understanding Functions in Bash
« on: July 06, 2011, 07:50 »
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Because the function is executed in the context of the same shell, it does not create a new child process, this makes functions faster as they access the information in RAM. This also will save on resources as you use functions.

"Functions are a script within a script which can be defined by the user and stored in memory, allowing you to reuse the function repeatedly. This also provides a modular aspect that allows you to debug one function at a time be disabling functions.

http://bashshell.net/shell-scripts/understanding-functions
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Offline davy51

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Re: Understanding Functions in Bash
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 15:51 »
i didnt know it worked that way

I had to search  for bash commands so I could just copy and paste but didnt know how they worked

Bash commands

http://is.gd/yEqUY2
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Re: Understanding Functions in Bash
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 16:57 »
I love bash
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