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		dataflow 45 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Getting decent error reports in Bash when you're u... PHP maybe? Or in limited cases, AWK? But I'd definitely learn Perl, it's a gem.

oguz-ismail 45 days ago [–]

PHP needs to be installed, Perl is dead and AWK is more limited than Bash

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 45 days ago | | [–]

> PHP needs to be installed

There are some ways around this:

https://github.com/crazywhalecc/static-php-cli

macintux 45 days ago | | [–]

For what little it’s worth, Perl is very much not dead.

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