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The BEST Shell You’re Not Using - Fish - YouTube (youtube.com)
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Didn't know about auto populating search queries, abbreviations, string scripting, and using private mode.

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[–] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Same, but I don't think it was ever intended differently; I mean the word interactive is literally in the name. If you want portable scripts, use bash. For simple helpers, quickly define a function. If you feel your script becomes too long, use Python.

[–] SinTan1729@programming.dev 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Agree, although I've recently replaced the python usecase with Go. Almost as easy to write, but much faster and safer.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Oh yeah, I never used Python myself and did some very simple (but IMHO too much hassle in bash) Go stuff some time ago. It's a really good language for that, and if you can't build on the target, the binary is statically linked anyways.