Shell Coding Wisdoms

Never use a regular expression when an extended glob will do. Never use an extended glob when a regular glob will do. Never use a glob when a string will do.
(greycat, 22 Nov 2010, Freenode IRC channel #bash)
a lack of quotes is scary!!!
(go|dfish, 17 Dec 2010, Freenode IRC channel #bash)
primarily, remember: that bash considers most things to be strings and is written in c.
(twkm, 21 Sep 2006, Freenode IRC channel #bash)
Please remember: "Reading is Fundamental". And try harder next time :P
(juanez, 25 Feb 2008, Freenode IRC channel #bash)
It is faster to find the answer to an easy question in a manpage than on a irc channel.
(cthuluh, 15 Jul 2010, Freenode IRC channel #bash)
Where there is a shell, there is a way.
(found somewhere on the net, original source unknown)
I think my preference for scripting too complex for bash would be: python > perl > C > Visual Basic > APL > COBOL > assembly language > manual input of 0 and 1 > PHP
(kwtm2, 29 Oct 2011, Freenode IRC channel #bash)

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