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I use zsh, mainly because I’ve been using it for a really long time and it felt like an upgraded bash.
I also have used fish a tiny amount and like the idea but zsh just works for my purposes and I already know how it works.
nushell looks really cool though!
I don’t have much occasion to use awk any more but it can be really useful!
I've also been using zsh until now, it's clear it's a massive improvement over bash. No more accidentally pasting code into the terminal!
I wasn't even looking for a new interactive shell, zsh is fine, I was looking for a new language for shell scripts because I'm tired of bash's legacy quirks... but the interactive nushell was too cool to resist!
nushell seriously looks amazing for working with data. I gotta remember it exists the next time I’m doing stuff like this.
It seems like a nice shell to have around and usable for cases like this regardless!