On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM Ray Andrews <rayandrews@eastlink.ca> wrote:

> On 2024-05-17 08:40, Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
> Functions are great, and I recommend using them - just use them _inside_
> the script. For anything but the most trivial scripts I make the main body
> of the script a function, too, something like this:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env zsh
> main() {
>     main program code here
> }
>
> Just remember the *main "$@"* at the bottom, otherwise you've got a
script that just declares some functions and exits without calling them. :)


> Only define functions inside your interactive shell when they need to make
> changes that persist after they exit - like changing directories, or
> updating variable values, etc.
>
> That would limit their number considerably.
>

Indeed. As a point of comparison, over the years I've written about a
thousand little personal utility scripts that live in my ~/bin directory.
I've only accumulated about 50 functions.

-- 
Mark J. Reed <markjreed@gmail.com>