To be clear, I think shell has problems too. But this article is poorly written. I don't think it makes sense to incorrectly use a tool and then complain about

To be clear, I think shell has problems too. But this article is poorly written. I don't think it makes sense to incorrectly use a tool and then complain about how bad it is. And to qualify your article with 35 years of experience? This just reflects that the author didnt take time to learn shell for 35 years Do yourself a favor and read Greg's entire wiki: https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ https://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ and just learn how to use it properly, and then you can complain about how painful it is to learn or how easy it is to use incorrectly rather than how bad it is if you use it wrong.