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A rather unfortunate name, given how Posh is also occasionally used as a shortening of PowerShell. Especially when PowerShell has a very similar shtick going fo
by chaorace 5y ago
A rather unfortunate name, given how Posh is also occasionally used as a shortening of PowerShell. Especially when PowerShell has a very similar shtick going for it.
- gigatexal 5y agoalso clobbers this effort here, too: https://github.com/mikebolt/posh https://github.com/mikebolt/posh
- 1vuio0pswjnm7 5y agoReminds me of https://skarnet.org/software/execline https://skarnet.org/software/execline
- sharken 5y agoAbsolutely, the project did name it POSH, but using caps to distinguish a name is not recommended as it still causes confusion. Must admit i haven't looked more into the tool due to this. So that's something to be aware of when naming a project/tool.
- Something1234 5y agoPowerShell has way too many abbreviations. It's file extension is ps1. It can also be abbreviated to pwsh. Enough is enough.
- brirec 5y agoI’d agree with you, but at one point the PowerShell for Mac/Linux binaries were actually named “posh”.
- vips7L 5y agoAnd they changed to pwsh to not clash with other binaries already named posh.
- Proven 5y agoKeep moaning. 250K results right now. https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=posh%20powershell https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=posh%20powershell
- gfody 5y agoit's also a common prefix for powershell-optimized versions of popular cli tools https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages?q=posh https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages?q=posh
- kseistrup 5y agoPOSH is also the name if Debian's policy-compliant ordinary shell: https://salsa.debian.org/clint/posh https://salsa.debian.org/clint/posh
- unixhero 5y agoI've never heard about Powershell -> Posh.
- CountDrewku 5y agoYep I clicked on this thinking it was going to be something interesting about powershell.....