Bash Conditionals, Loops, and Functions/Shellcheck directive example

Document intentional exceptions for static analysis.

Section: Script Safety

Shellcheck directive example

bash
bash
# shellcheck disable=SC2086
echo $unquoted
Explanation

Useful when you use ShellCheck in CI.

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