This. It would be really great to have a language like PowerShell on Linux. Being able to pass file names reliably[0] without disgusting hacks would be great, f

This. It would be really great to have a language like PowerShell on Linux. Being able to pass file names reliably[0] without disgusting hacks would be great, for a starter. And, unlike in current nix shells, a new shell should separate responsibilities cleanly between tools (`find` has both `-exec` and `-delete` unlike most commands; `grep` has `-c`), return reusable results (damn you `ls`!), have sensible scoping rules, stop on the first error (like `errexit`, `nounset` and `pipefail` implemented sanely), and just generally be more like a real language. [0] http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/filenames-in-shell.html