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Is there a tool to tidy up shell script source file and reformat it. Preferably I am looking for a perfect tool to do this.
Also I have heard it is possible to do with emacs editor but unfortunately it is looking very different and new from vi. Emacs is new to me and I could not find such an option myself yet.
I have seen instances where a programmer made a minor modification to a piece of code, but he didn't like the way that comments were structured within the code.
Therefore he moved all the comments, so that they lined up.
When performing a diff comparison with the previous version of the code it was nearly impossible to see the actual change that had been made, as a fair proportion of the lines had changed!
I always stand alone when it comes to backticks...but since they are depricated (from what I've read)...I'll stick to $()
But for what it's worth, backticks are good when coding for backwards compatibility...you will have better luck having your code be "portable" if you use backticks (I'll give you guys _that_ much )
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