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Title: What does shellcheck warning SC2129 “Consider using { cmd1; cmd2; } >> file instead of individual redirects.” mean?
ID: /2019/06/01/What-does-shellcheck-warning-SC2129-“Consider-using-_-cmd1_-cmd2_-_-__-file-instead-of-individual-redirects.”-mean_
Created: June 1, 2019    Edited:  June 12, 2020
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I have this shellcheck warning I can’t figure out:

In /mnt/e/bin/iconic line 540:
            printf "FALSE|" >> "$IconsRaw"           # Select field number 1
            ^-- SC2129: Consider using { cmd1; cmd2; } >> file instead of individual redirects.

I’ve noticed many of us here use shellcheck to fix our bash scripts / shell commands so I hope the question is on topic.


As per comments posting relevant section of bash script:

    if [[ "$X" == "?" || "$Y" == "?" ]] ; then
        : # Bad X or Y offset usually "Link to Name.ext~" (backup name)
    else
        let i++
        printf "FALSE|" >> "$IconsRaw"           # Select field number 1
        printf "%s|" "$i" >> "$IconsRaw"         # 2
        printf "%s|" "${File##*/}" >> "$IconsRaw"
        printf "%s|" "$Linkless" >> "$IconsRaw"  # 4
        printf "%s|" "$Date" >> "$IconsRaw"      # 5
        printf "%s|" "$X" >> "$IconsRaw"         # 6
        echo   "$Y" >> "$IconsRaw"               # 7
    fi

Solution

Thanks to accepted answer and comments I’ve learned that shellcheck not only catches errors in your code, but also suggests performance improvements. In this case the filename $IconsRaw was being opened and closed many times with each printf and echo.

The more efficient bash code:

    # X,Y screen coordinates invalid on backup files ending with "~"
    ! [[ "$X" == "?" || "$Y" == "?" ]] && { let i++; echo \
        "FALSE|$i|${File##*/}|$Linkless|$Date|$X|$Y" >> "$IconsRaw"; }
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