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NuShell: a very nice shell I found today. What do you think? (www.nushell.sh)

submitted 2 years ago by starman@programming.dev to c/foss@beehaw.org

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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This may be the wrong place to ask, but what am I missing about shells? Other than executing commands, what do you do with them?

[–] starman@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

Execute complicated commands, wrire scripts, automate tasks, etc.

[–] hallettj@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago

I think the best way to get an idea is to look at feature lists for fancy shells like zsh or fish. But in short there are a number of things a good shell can do to help to execute commands faster and more easily. Stuff like autocompletions which make you faster, and also make things more discoverable; fuzzy searching/matching; navigating command history; syntax highlighting which helps to spot errors, and helps to understand the syntax of the command you're writing.