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For many years, the aliases were worse than the problem. Aliasing `curl` to `Invoke-WebRequest` without also aliasing the flags was a crime against usability.
by jen20 5y ago
For many years, the aliases were worse than the problem. Aliasing `curl` to `Invoke-WebRequest` without also aliasing the flags was a crime against usability.
That said, tab completion works, and I used PowerShell on macOS for a long time with no complaints.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 5y agoOh I totally agree about the unix-mimic alias names, they're terribly misleading. Having Invoke-WebRequest originally use the IE engine for parsing by default was also a terrible idea, but at least they reversed that one.