I live in Bash, but write my scripts in POSIX (sh/bin/sh) for maximum portability.
I have considered changing to another shell, but I like being able to use something that works out-of-the-box wherever I go.
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jswanner
Historically, sh could mean Thompson shell or (later and more commonly) Bourne shell. That said, on my mac, for instance, sh really means running bash:
$ ls -l /private/var/select/sh
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel /private/var/select/sh@ -> /bin/bash
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sodapopcan
jswanner
Yeah, for sure. I guess I’m thinking more about the tool used, where as talking about portable POSIX scripts is more about the language the scripts are written in.
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shishini
I am currently on windows, I will try to move back to linux sometime in the future
I think Object Oriented Shell (Shells that pipe objects not string) are a very good idea
I like powershell a lot, i think nushell tries to replicate this OO style but maybe to a more unix oriented audience, so i try to use it from time to time and learn more about it
But bash is the only simple life and realistic option for linux
So in summary
- pwsh on windows
- bash on linux
- nushell for the rebellion
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adamcstephens
I think fish is the best interactive shell. It’s not completely POSIX compatible but it’s close enough for day to day use. I switched from zsh to fish years ago and would recommend anyone using zsh to try it out. Fish provides a customized zsh experience, but out of the box without plugins. It also doesn’t have the compgen performance issues you get with zsh.
For shell scripting I’d stick with POSIX sh or bash.
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hubertlepicki
For ZSH I would think majority out there use it because of oh-my-zsh? https://ohmyz.sh/
I am myself a long term user and honestly this is the only reason I use ZSH, I couldn’t care less about it without the tools provided by that project.
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LostKobrakai
I’m using https://zimfw.sh/ to install zsh plugins – while doing so more explicitly over the kitchen sink of ohmyzsh.
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