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Okay, you guys get the once in a liftetime chance to convince me that Bash is not the way to go. I'll eagerly await your proposals.
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Very convenient. But ~every shell script is written in bash or POSIX(y) sh. When I need to write shell scripts I begin with busybox sh compability. If it turns out to be too complex, I'll convert to bash. This is because if I ever would publish the script it would have better changes to be accepted as a PR for example. Yes. Bash is a mess. I don't even like it that much. It's okay. But it's more standard then zsh. Although I've seen the tides turn on some occasions, like macOS.
Maybe some day I'll give zsh a second chance.
I used to write Bash more than anything, but now the things I write are either simple enough to keep POSIX or complex enough that I miss the extra niceties Zsh provides.
but now the things I write are either simple enough to keep POSIX or complex enough that I miss the extra niceties Zsh provides.
Well said!
Bash is the way, zsh if you are lazy.
This is me but for fish shell.
sh scripts can be run in even the dumbest distro out there, bash, not so much
The debate was between zsh and bash, not necessarily POSIX sh.
Try fish with the tide plugin and the fzf plugin. I can never go back to anything else.
I love fish, only it annoys me, if I want to run a bash script.
Why is that? You can still use bash to interpret your bash scripts. Where does it annoy you?
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Haven't tried fish yet but fzf is a godsend.
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Which distro ships with zsh?
I believe it was Manjaro Bspwm which doesn't exist for quite some time.
Kali
Not a distro but macOS does ship zsh but default nowdays.
i prefer fish
So what exactly is so great about it?
From my point of view, it's great because I'm lazy.
I wish that oh-my-zsh could be installed at the host level rather than in ~/
What tool are u using for transferring your posts from reddit? Or is this done manual?
Automation can get you blocked from posting apparently, also I didn't have that many posts so I handpicked them.
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