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Diagnose unexpected argument splitting and globbing
Trace a fictional command wrapper from received arguments back through scalar expansion, IFS, filename matching, and the called program’s option parser.
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Find pipeline and set -e status pitfalls
Investigate a script that reports success after partial work by separating stage statuses, expected failures, and contextual errexit behavior.
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Recover from subshell variable and state loss
Explain why a loop or captured helper changes state internally but leaves the caller unchanged, then choose an explicit data and completion contract.
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