From 912eeb478bb5f3d178f3c8dc8fd78387b523b3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malin Freeborn <malinfreeborn@posteo.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 18:10:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] place posix shell warnings

---
 system/bash_tricks.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/system/bash_tricks.md b/system/bash_tricks.md
index 67226ef..c1e05b7 100644
--- a/system/bash_tricks.md
+++ b/system/bash_tricks.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
-title: "Terminal Tips"
-tags: [ "Documentation", "System" ]
+title: "bash tips"
+tags: [ "Documentation", "Shell", "POSIX" ]
 ---
 ## Track Live Changes
 
@@ -67,6 +67,18 @@ Add number to variables with:
 
 `((n--))` works identically.
 
+### POSIX WARNING
+
+The number commands above work in `bash`, but not in bare-ass POSIX shells, such as `dash`.
+
+Instead, you might do:
+
+```sh
+x=2
+x=$(( x +1 ))
+x=$(( x*x ))
+```
+
 ## Finding Duplicate Files
 
 ```bash
@@ -97,3 +109,8 @@ That gives you a random directory to mess about in.
    cd $dir
 ```
 
+### POSIX WARNING
+
+These smart-brackets are a bash feature.
+If you try to use `{A..Z}` in dash, it will think of this as a single item.
+