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An introduction to the most useful special and environment variables in Bash

If you're writing a Bash script, you will invariably need to pass values to it—aka arguments or positional parameters. Bash's approach is a little clunky, but it works. Examples are the easiest way to ...
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A beginner's introduction to Bash parameter expansions

At a basic level, parameter expansion means changing Bash syntax into a value—expanding it. For example: You can change the case of an entire string, or part of it, using only Bash. XDG Base Directory ...
Redmond Magazine

Working with Variables in Sapien's PowerShell Studio

PowerShell scripters have a few choices in the editor they can use to write code. Options range from the PowerShell Integrated Script Environment, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Notepad++ and more ...
Ars Technica

Using a batch file to read from a txt file

You need <B>for</B>:<BR><pre class="ip-ubbcode-code-pre">Runs a specified command for each file in a set of files. FOR %variable IN (set) DO command [command ...
Simon Fraser University

Input Data Sets

For FIT tasks, the DATA= option specifies which input data set to use in estimating parameters. Variables in the model program are looked up in the DATA= data set and, if found, their attributes (type ...
InfoWorld

Does Java pass by reference or pass by value?

You might know that Java passes by value, but it helps to understand why. Here's what happens when you pass mutable and immutable object references in Java. Many programming languages allow passing ...