# This is preferred:
var="$(command "$(command1)")"

# This is not:
var="`command \`command1\``"

# This ensures the string on the left is made up of characters in the
# alnum character class followed by the string name.
# Note that the RHS should not be quoted here.
# For the gory details, see
# E14 at http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ
if [[ "filename" =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+name ]]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

# This matches the exact pattern "f*" (Does not match in this case)
if [[ "filename" == "f*" ]]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

# This gives a "too many arguments" error as f* is expanded to the
# contents of the current directory
if [ "filename" == f* ]; then
  echo "Match"
fi

# Do this:
if [[ "${my_var}" = "some_string" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# -z (string length is zero) and -n (string length is not zero) are
# preferred over testing for an empty string
if [[ -z "${my_var}" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# This is OK (ensure quotes on the empty side), but not preferred:
if [[ "${my_var}" = "" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# Not this:
if [[ "${my_var}X" = "some_stringX" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# Use this
if [[ -n "${my_var}" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# Instead of this as errors can occur if ${my_var} expands to a test
# flag
if [[ "${my_var}" ]]; then
  do_something
fi

# Here‘s the contents of the directory:
# -f  -r  somedir  somefile

# This deletes almost everything in the directory by force
psa@bilby$ rm -v *
removed directory: `somedir‘
removed `somefile‘

# As opposed to:
psa@bilby$ rm -v ./*
removed `./-f‘
removed `./-r‘
rm: cannot remove `./somedir‘: Is a directory
removed `./somefile‘

# What does this set?
# Did it succeed? In part or whole?
eval $(set_my_variables)

# What happens if one of the returned values has a space in it?
variable="$(eval some_function)"

last_line=‘NULL‘
your_command | while read line; do
  last_line="${line}"
done

# This will output ‘NULL‘
echo "${last_line}"

total=0
# Only do this if there are no spaces in return values.
for value in $(command); do
  total+="${value}"
done

total=0
last_file=
while read count filename; do
  total+="${count}"
  last_file="${filename}"
done < <(your_command | uniq -c)

# This will output the second field of the last line of output from
# the command.
echo "Total = ${total}"
echo "Last one = ${last_file}"

# Trivial implementation of awk expression:
#   awk ‘$3 == "nfs" { print $2 " maps to " $1 }‘ /proc/mounts
cat /proc/mounts | while read src dest type opts rest; do
  if [[ ${type} == "nfs" ]]; then
    echo "NFS ${dest} maps to ${src}"
  fi
done