cross-platform-shell

To write cross-platform shell scripts, you must implement platform detection and path normalization to handle OS-specific differences. This ensures your bash scripts execute correctly across Windows Git Bash, macOS, and Linux environments.

Shell scripts often fail in WSL due to path format variations and incorrect line endings. Normalizing WSL paths and preventing CRLF line endings ensures your scripts execute reliably across different operating system environments.

The best way to detect operating systems in shell scripts is using dedicated platform detection functions. This allows your script to identify Windows, WSL, Linux, or macOS and execute the appropriate OS-specific commands.

To handle symlinks when Windows restricts them, your script should detect the OS and create directory junctions on Windows instead. This allows cross-platform compatible linking behavior without requiring elevated permissions.

Yes, you can use this to run a single setup script on both a Windows machine and a Linux server. It detects each OS during execution and uses the appropriate commands, path conventions, and line endings.

To prevent CRLF line ending issues in shell scripts, implement CRLF prevention patterns that enforce correct line endings. This avoids execution errors when scripts are edited or transferred between Windows and Linux environments.