Debug Your Shell Scripts with ShellCheck
ShellCheck is a free and open source tool that can be used to check and improve shell scripts, says Egidio Docile. "It is able to highlight both common and edge-case errors, and suggest the appropriate fixes."
The ShellCheck utility is also included in the software repositories of most Linux distributions. This tutorial shows:
- How to install ShellCheck
- How to use ShellCheck
- How to integrate ShellCheck in Vim and Visual Studio Code
Learn more at LinuxConfig.
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