i've never used nushell, but i've always felt that people have been sleeping on PowerShell. yes, it was _originally_ only for Windows, but PowerShell 6+ uses .

i've never used nushell, but i've always felt that people have been sleeping on PowerShell. yes, it was _originally_ only for Windows, but PowerShell 6+ uses .NET Core, which is OS independent. this means that a few helper functions like GeneratePassword[0] are gone, but it's _mostly_ at parity with .NET. the Verb-Noun structure can be confusing at first, but once you know the approved verbs[1], you can usually guess your way through command discovery, which is not something i can say for most POSIX tools (useradd and adduser do different things!!) it's also object oriented by design, with default aliases like ?[2] and %[3], querying structured data is a breeze. - want to check a CSV? Import-CSV[4]. - want to call a REST/SOAP endpoint? Invoke-RestMethod[5] has you covered. - DNS queries? Resolve-DnsName[6] as it's built on top of .NET, you get the whole CLR[7] at your fingertips! you can make a TCP client[8] in PowerShell, or even just write C# directly in your terminal[9] and execute it the same way. such a flexible and useful language, even if it is a little slow and owned by micro$oft. but it _is_ open source[10]! --- [0]: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.web.security.membership.generatepassword https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.web.security.m... [1]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/developer/cmdlet/approved-verbs-for-windows-powershell-commands https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/scripting/developer/c... [2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/where-object https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powe... [3]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/foreach-object https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powe... [4]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/import-csv https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powe... [5]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/invoke-restmethod https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/microsoft.powe... [6]: https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/dnsclient/resolve-dnsname https://learn.microsoft.com/powershell/module/dnsclient/reso... [7]: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/clr https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/standard/clr [8]: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.net.sockets.tcpclient https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.net.sockets.tc... [9]: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/weekend-scripter-run-c-code-from-within-powershell/ https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/weekend-scripter-ru... [10]: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell