Match-Resumption in case…esac of Bourne Again Shell

28. Juni 2025 in GNU/Linux, Programming.

This article describes the impact of using the lesser discussed alternative code block terminators ;;& and ;& which control the “match-resuming” behavior of Bash’s case…esac.

An Introduction to Programmable Completion in Bash

25. Juli 2025 in Administration, GNU/Linux, Programming.

I am using the terminal a lot on Linux. For my project “pulseaudio-tcp” (see here for more information) i wanted to have more comfortable command line completion in Bourne Again Shell (“Bash”). After having typed in the command name pulseaudio-tcp, when pressing the Tabulator key, i would like to see a list of all possible […]

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