Biggest shell programs

The author is seeking help to fill a page with a list of shell programs, focusing on substantial programs over 5K lines and highlighting those that use sophisticated data structures and algorithms. Some examples include ble.sh with 61K LoC, bashdb with ~14K lines, and testssl.sh with 21K lines. The author mentions a unique interactive line editor called Bash Line Editor in pure bash and interesting uses of data structures in shell programming. They also point out smaller programs like Tomb, Basalt, and various Bash libraries under development. While highlighting impressive shell programs, the author also emphasizes the dangerous nature of shell scripting for system handling.

https://github.com/oils-for-unix/oils/wiki/The-Biggest-Shell-Programs-in-the-World

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