Is the issue running bash shell scripts or copy-pasting one liners? If the latter, you can always use the command flag for bash to execute one liners within its

Is the issue running bash shell scripts or copy-pasting one liners? If the latter, you can always use the command flag for bash to execute one liners within its own context. bash -c "grep word file.txt | sort -u | tail" Scripts shouldn't be an issue as long as you either launch it with the proper shell or configure the shebang correctly after making the script executable.