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My problem with bash is that things are not very discoverable. There is so much cool stuff you find out even after ten years of using it daily. I wonder if ther
by maxxxxx 7y ago
My problem with bash is that things are not very discoverable. There is so much cool stuff you find out even after ten years of using it daily. I wonder if there is a way to have all its features in a less obscure language.
- lucb1e 7y agoCould that be a property of command line things in general? Is that why GUIs are so popular with non-professionals that don't want to take the time to learn to use a system properly? There is so much in terms of data manipulation that you can do with basic tools, but people will open op Excel to find a graphical button they need instead of using, I don't know, maybe `man -K` or `apt search` to find the right tool. For years I've been trying to figure out what exactly the difference is. Terminals are seen as difficult and outdated, yet the more nerdy you get, the more likely it is that you end up using (and the more time you will spend in) a terminal. There has to be a reason terminals haven't replaced GUIs altogether, and GUIs haven't replaced terminals altogether, despite the near-complete overlap in things you can do with them. The only thing that really needs a mouse/touchscreen is when you have something spatial like photo editing, but conversely, the extreme end of the power user tools almost always use a terminal and can't really work with a GUI.
- maxxxxx 7y agoPossible. I would say that the shell is even worse than most command line tools. I have started using PowerShell in my Mac and I find it easier to find stuff there then bash. As soon as I don’t use bash for a month I forget all the little obscure tricks.