That's where you need something like PowerShell, which pipes objects around instead of streams of bytes which are probably text. Of course, PowerShell has its

That's where you need something like PowerShell, which pipes objects around instead of streams of bytes which are probably text. Of course, PowerShell has its own issues, but the idea of a shell with more meaning attached to things is appealing. Rebuilding an ecosystem that can handle it all though... not so plausible!