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ShellCheck — ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell scripts

ShellCheck is ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell scripts. It is ranked #4694 on the Dev Radar, in Testing & observability, first seen 19 days ago and shared in 1 post (7.5k views).

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ShellCheck – shell script analysis tool #!/bin/sh ## Example: a typical script with several problems for f in $(ls *.m3u) do grep -qi hq.*mp3 $f \ && echo -e 'Playlist $f contains a HQ file in mp3 format' done #!/bin/sh ## Example: The shebang says 'sh' so shellcheck warns about portability ## Change it to '#!/bin/bash' to allow bashisms for n in {1..$RANDOM} do str="" if (( n % 3 == 0 )) then str="fizz" fi if [ $[n%5] == 0 ] then str="$strbuzz" fi if [[ ! $str ]] then str="$n" fi echo "$str" done #!/bin/bash ## Example: ShellCheck can detect some higher level semantic problems while getopts "nf:" param do case "$param" in f) file="$OPTARG"…

What people said about ShellCheck on X

10 Linux sites you’ll wish you had discovered sooner: 1️⃣ http://explainshell.com ↳ Breaks down confusing shell commands argument by argument. 2️⃣ http://shellcheck.net ↳ Finds bugs and common mistakes in shell scripts. 3️⃣ http://cheat.sh ↳ Provides practical command examples directly in the terminal. 4️⃣…

— @twtayaan, 19 days ago · 301 likes · see the post

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What is ShellCheck?

ShellCheck finds bugs in your shell scripts It was first shared on X 19 days ago and is ranked #4694 on the Dev Radar.

Is ShellCheck free?

Yes, it is free to use.

Who shared ShellCheck?

1 account on X, including @twtayaan, in 1 post totalling 7.5k views.

Every post is read and classified by AGK Intelligence: what it is, which market it belongs to, and whether the link is a real tool. 31.2k posts from 5k X accounts over the last 21 days, 8.8k tools, 12 markets. New posts are collected several times an hour and the full ranking is recomputed every hour — last update 2026-10-30 20:22 UTC. Full method.