linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/slabinfo-gnuplot: force to use bash shell

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Message-ID: <20171208235900.GE489@tigerII.localdomain>
Date:   Sat, 9 Dec 2017 08:59:00 +0900
From:   Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        "Liu, Changcheng" <changcheng.liu@...el.com>,
        sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/slabinfo-gnuplot: force to use bash shell

On (12/08/17 14:02), Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On (12/08/17 17:37), Liu, Changcheng wrote:
> > > 
> > > On some linux distributions, the default link of sh
> > > is dash which deoesn't support split array like
> > > ${var//,/ }
> > > It's better to force to use bash shell directly.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Liu Changcheng <changcheng.liu@...el.com>
> > 
> > Reviewed-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@...il.com>
> 
> It would be better to rewrite the script to avoid bashisms.

Hello Andrew,
what are the latest fashion trends? isn't it perl? so maybe
I can sit down someday and rewrite it in perl.

	-ss