And for anyone who might be open to trying powershell, the cross platform version is pwsh. Pythonistas who are used to __dir__ and help() would find themselves

And for anyone who might be open to trying powershell, the cross platform version is pwsh. Pythonistas who are used to __dir__ and help() would find themselves comfortable with `gm` (get-member) and get-help to introspect commands. You will also find Python-style dynamic typing, except with PHP syntax. $a=1; $b=2; $a + $b works in a sane manner (try that with bash). There are still funny business with type coercion. $a=1; $b="2"; $a+$b (3); $b+$a ("21"); I also found "get-command" very helpful with locating related commands. For instance "get-command -noun file" returns all the "verb-noun" commands that has the noun "file". (It gives "out-file" and "unblock-file") Another nice thing about powershell is you can retain all your printf debugging when you are done. Using "Write-Verbose" and "Write-Debug" etc allows you to write at different log levels. Once you are used to basic powershell, there are bunch of standard patterns like how to do Dry-Runs, and Confirmation levels. Powershell also supports closures, so people create `make` style build systems and unit test suites with them.