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Is there a good way to write a shell script compatible with both bash and zsh that addresses array elements?

The fact that bash is 0-indexed and zsh is 1-indexed can cause problems. For example the following will work as intended with bash, but not zsh (PS I am aware that I don't NEED to use an array for ...
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Zsh handling of substring changed?

I have over a thousand directories holding MP3 files and text.  I work on one directory each day, assisted by zsh scripts.  I mostly use zsh on command line and in scripts.  The paths are in the form ...
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Source multiple files in background/parallel (ZSH)

For various reasons I would like to be able to source a series of files in background and wait for them all to finish: source ./my_file_1.sh & source ./my_file_2.sh & ... # etc wait But, ...
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zsh on MacOS catalina 10.15.17

I'm having a little trouble putting this all together... I want to make a simple shell script to organize and sort around 60 GB worth of music and movie files that are spread out over 3 or for 4 ...
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Running nano from function in config file (function in zshrc) does not save changes

I am using zsh as my shell and I am trying to achieve this: In my .zshrc file I want to have a function that modifies my .zshrc, saves it and reloads it. So far I have to functions (in my .zshrc ...
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