Bash Shopt Examples

Bash Shopt Examples

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Set option

Use shopt -s option_name

Example enable dotglob in the current script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

shopt -s dotglob

Unset option

Use shopt -u option_name

Example disable dotglob in the current script

#!/usr/bin/env bash

shopt -u dotglob

Option list

TODO see here for now: https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide/Shopt