I don't get it. At least on stackoverflow homework is [fine][1], so that seems irrelevant for askubuntu as well. Why is this [question][2] closed? Seems like a fairy standard admin type question. Presumably bash scripts should be on stackoverflow instead? Notably, **not** a generic programming question: > ...and generic programming questions on Stack Overflow. *based on the accepted answer, and comments, this is just specific to this one q. I'd already researched whether hw is acceptable as a q.* [1]: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/277881/262852 [2]: https://askubuntu.com/q/1001469/45156