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So, instead of just typing shell commands, you type something else, but as soon as you need a shell script, you have to go back to shell commands.... Why not ju

• okamiueru 5y ago
  Answer to the first question: yes. Answer to the second question: because bash is a rather poor terminal shell. In my experience, the middleman you mention doesn't exist. Or, if anything, it is a very tiny man that hardly gets in the way. It's either a one-liner with a syntax change you can pick up in 5 minutes, or it falls under any combination of these: - might as well belong in a script - the complicated stuff is in awk or the likes - you can just enter bash for any copy-pasted bashisms - you can execute it explicitly with bash -c In any case, none enough of a hassle that it could demerit the immense productivity benefit I've gotten from fish. The only regret I have on that matter is not having ditched it sooner. Use bash to run scripts, or even better, sh. Use a different shell to make your life on the terminal better. Doesn't need to be fish, zsh is pretty good too. If I can offer any advice: if you still want to stick with bash, at the very least take a look at fzf, https://github.com/junegunn/fzf https://github.com/junegunn/fzf , aside from fish/zsh it's the best and most lowest hanging fruit.
  • toxik 5y ago
    I personally use zsh, bash is too primitive with regards to its user interface (line editing, searching, vi keys, etc.) The syntax however is my key point here, I often take my commands and smack them into Makefiles for example.