Thanks for the pointer about the useless use of true.
Using builtins may be a security risk as they can be overloaded (hence the use of full paths everywhere).
I did not know about bash's extension of printf to print a date. I need to use the builtin to use it though. But I've received good advice elsewhere on how to do that securely, so I'll do it and do a write-up because it's not information that's easy to come by.
Using builtins may be a security risk as they can be overloaded (hence the use of full paths everywhere).
I did not know about bash's extension of printf to print a date. I need to use the builtin to use it though. But I've received good advice elsewhere on how to do that securely, so I'll do it and do a write-up because it's not information that's easy to come by.
Your advice is very helpful, thank you.