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The big problem with Powershell vs Unix is lack of documentation. Seriously, everything takes 100x less time to figure out on a Unix platform than Powershell. A

• jiggawatts 4y ago
  It has hundreds of pages of clear documentation, video training, you name it. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn/ps101/00-introduction https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/learn... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/get-started-windows-powershell/ https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/paths/get-started... It is also far more discoverable than any other shell I've ever used. Install PowerShell 7 on Linux now. e.g.: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-on-linux https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/insta... Now try some of these commands. Can you guess what they do? Get-Command Export-* dir | Get-Member Last* Get-Help Sort-Object -Full dir | Sort-Object LastWriteTime -Desc | Export-Csv 'files.csv'
• vips7L 4y ago
  Powershell docs are literally built in… help <command> That being said powershell is much more discoverable _for me_ because it’s simple objects that get piped. I don’t have to figure out how to parse the text of a traditional shell. I can just get things done.