When you're declaring variables in a script outside of a function, this distinction is pretty much irrelevant. When you're declaring a variable inside a function and do not use var this creates a ...

We often read (including in the book Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide by Mendel Cooper) that if we pass variable names as parameters to functions, they will be treated as string literals and cannot be ...

Now that we have variables in SSIS, you have to set up the script task to be able to use these variables. This works the same in 2005 and 2008, except in 2005 you have to type in the variable name ...

Is there a way to add to the path variable with a logon script? I need to add a line to everyone's path but I don't have time to go to everyones computer individually. If it can't be done with a ...

I'm storing sensitive info like the auth token in environment variables. The problem is, the python script can only see them when I run the script manually from the shell (so I know that the code ...

Or, have you ever needed to use a default value for a variable that has no value? These and many other options are available to you when you use string operators in bash and other Bourne-derived ...