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I really didn't understand why the last if statement is confusing. Is it because when starting out with shell scripting one would usually assume that the [ is a part of the bash scripting language not just another program? If it's then I think I get it now. Otherwise please mention why it's surprising. Also, @author thanks for a nice article. was a good reed.

Use Timestamps 3 years ago

Ah! yes. The 5th force of nature and strongest of them all -- Force of Incentives.

Use Timestamps 3 years ago

It's something that I agree with and increasingly I add dates in my notes. In addition to that, using one single format is really important. if the article was published on say November 2nd. I wouldn't know if it was 11th February or 2nd November. DD MMM YYYY is safest. The 3Ms being Jan, Feb, Mar....

The file/database in the title is more like a clickbait really. At the crux of it the author is really just talking about the granularity of the writer and reads. The article isn't advocating or commenting on the end user having to care about if it is a file or a database application.