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The BEST Shell You’re Not Using - Fish - YouTube (youtube.com)

submitted 2 days ago by ruffsl@programming.dev to c/linux@programming.dev

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Didn't know about auto populating search queries, abbreviations, string scripting, and using private mode.

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[–] gamma@programming.dev 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Nothings bad about it. I don't think it's strictly better or worse. Just

I'm used to it
The comparison in the video was just disingenuous.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

I haven't watched the video, but maybe it wasn't in bad faith, but the author didn't know better. bash can be arcane at times, like when I open my old scripts I often have no clue what exactly is going on without comments. Substring removal comes to mind.