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  • Problem with shellcheck

    From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to All on Sat Apr 1 14:10:07 2023
    I have a script that starts with: #!/bin/dash

    I want to "shellcheck" it. I do:

    $ shellcheck myScript

    and get err msg "

    ^-- SC1008: This shebang was unrecognized. Note that ShellCheck only
    handles Bourne based shells.

    OK, says I. There has to be a way to tell it which shell syntax to use.
    So, I do: man shellcheck
    and learn about the "-s" option.

    I redo the comand as:

    $ shellcheck -s sh myScript

    but, surprisingly, get the same err msg. Is there a fix for this?

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  • From Lew Pitcher@21:1/5 to Lew Pitcher on Sat Apr 1 14:31:17 2023
    On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 14:25:43 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

    On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 14:10:07 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote:

    I have a script that starts with: #!/bin/dash

    I want to "shellcheck" it. I do:

    $ shellcheck myScript

    and get err msg "

    ^-- SC1008: This shebang was unrecognized. Note that ShellCheck only
    handles Bourne based shells.

    OK, says I. There has to be a way to tell it which shell syntax to use.
    So, I do: man shellcheck
    and learn about the "-s" option.

    I redo the comand as:

    $ shellcheck -s sh myScript

    but, surprisingly, get the same err msg. Is there a fix for this?

    What version of shellcheck are you running? The current version seems
    to be 0.9.0, released on Dec 13, 2022 [1].

    FWIW, It appears that dash support was added to shellcheck in v0.4.2
    (Jan 9, 2016) and maintenance applied in various releases after.

    [snip]
    --
    Lew Pitcher
    "In Skills We Trust"

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  • From Lew Pitcher@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Sat Apr 1 14:25:43 2023
    On Sat, 01 Apr 2023 14:10:07 +0000, Kenny McCormack wrote:

    I have a script that starts with: #!/bin/dash

    I want to "shellcheck" it. I do:

    $ shellcheck myScript

    and get err msg "

    ^-- SC1008: This shebang was unrecognized. Note that ShellCheck only
    handles Bourne based shells.

    OK, says I. There has to be a way to tell it which shell syntax to use.
    So, I do: man shellcheck
    and learn about the "-s" option.

    I redo the comand as:

    $ shellcheck -s sh myScript

    but, surprisingly, get the same err msg. Is there a fix for this?

    What version of shellcheck are you running? The current version seems
    to be 0.9.0, released on Dec 13, 2022 [1].

    According to the shellcheck wiki[2] (buried in the documentation on
    the SC1008 error[3]) shellcheck /does/ support parsing of dash scripts.
    OTOH, the error msg you quoted explicitly says that it does not. This
    leads me to believe that shellcheck added dash support in a version
    later than the one you run.

    Perhaps an upgrade is in order?

    [1] https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/releases/tag/v0.9.0
    [2] https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki
    [3] https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC1008
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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca on Sat Apr 1 14:37:47 2023
    In article <u09f7k$1t8qm$2@dont-email.me>,
    Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
    ...
    What version of shellcheck are you running? The current version seems
    to be 0.9.0, released on Dec 13, 2022 [1].

    FWIW, It appears that dash support was added to shellcheck in v0.4.2
    (Jan 9, 2016) and maintenance applied in various releases after.

    My version seems to be: 0.3.4-3

    So, yeah, I'll see about getting a newer version.

    Thanks for checking.

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Sat Apr 1 14:18:04 2023
    In article <u09dvv$1r5ja$1@news.xmission.com>,
    Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote:
    ...
    $ shellcheck -s sh myScript

    but, surprisingly, get the same err msg. Is there a fix for this?

    Update: The following seems to be a workaround:

    $ sed 1s/da// myScript | shellcheck /dev/stdin

    Of course, it'd be better if the "-s" option worked as expected.

    P.S. And, yes, there is a reason I prefer to use #!/bin/dash instead of #!/bin/sh.

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  • From Jalen Q@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Tue Apr 11 20:48:00 2023
    On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 9:37:53 AM UTC-5, Kenny McCormack wrote:
    In article <u09f7k$1t8qm$2...@dont-email.me>,
    Lew Pitcher <lew.p...@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
    ...
    What version of shellcheck are you running? The current version seems
    to be 0.9.0, released on Dec 13, 2022 [1].

    FWIW, It appears that dash support was added to shellcheck in v0.4.2
    (Jan 9, 2016) and maintenance applied in various releases after.
    My version seems to be: 0.3.4-3

    So, yeah, I'll see about getting a newer version.

    Thanks for checking.

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  • From Jalen Q@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Tue Apr 11 20:47:51 2023
    On Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 9:37:53 AM UTC-5, Kenny McCormack wrote:
    In article <u09f7k$1t8qm$2...@dont-email.me>,
    Lew Pitcher <lew.p...@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
    ...
    What version of shellcheck are you running? The current version seems
    to be 0.9.0, released on Dec 13, 2022 [1].

    FWIW, It appears that dash support was added to shellcheck in v0.4.2
    (Jan 9, 2016) and maintenance applied in various releases after.
    My version seems to be: 0.3.4-3

    So, yeah, I'll see about getting a newer version.

    Thanks for checking.

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