An article by Filip Roséen about the bash shell colon operator and its quirky uses has circulated across Mastodon and other platforms. The post explores alternative bashisms and the technical weirdness of the colon syntax.
An article on refp.se explores the shell colon operator, a programming technique that performs no operation but can still be used in shell scripts. The piece has circulated on both Lobsters and Hacker News frontpage.