Commands and File Types

Supported Commands

BashSupport Pro supports variable declarations by the following commands:

• var=value, i.e. regular assignments
• declare
• export
• for
• getopts
• local
• mapfile
• printf -v
• read
• readarray
• readonly
• select
• unset

Supported File Types

BashSupport Pro detects the type of shell script files with the following logic, the first valid match is used.

1. ShellCheck shell directive, e.g. # shellcheck shell=bash.
2. Shebang line, e.g. #!/bin/bash.
3. File extension, e.g. .bash.

If no match or only an unsupported match is found, then a warning is displayed, along with a quickfix to insert a ShellCheck directive.

File Extensions

The following file extensions are supported by BashSupport Pro:

• *.sh
• *.bash
• *.zsh
• *.dash
• *.ksh
• *.mksh
• *.bats (bats-core)

File Names

The following file names are associated with BashSupport Pro’s file type:

• .bashrc
• .profile
• .bash_profile
• .bash_logout
• .bash_aliases

Shebang Lines

The following commands are supported within a shebang line. Absolute paths and /usr/bin/env are supported. For example #!/usr/bin/env bash.

• sh
• bash
• zsh
• dash
• ash
• ksh
• ksh88
• ksh93
• mksh
• @sh@ and @shell@ placeholders