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What does intended for humans even mean? At least powershell has command names that describe what they do.
by UK-AL 11y ago
What does intended for humans even mean? At least powershell has command names that describe what they do.
- dijit 11y agoPowershell is readable but barely writeable. Bash is the opposite, it's very easy to do complex things if you have some basic knowledge. for instance a one liner nested loop to replace a string in a bunch of text files which are a few directories deep. Easy to write but it takes a while to read.
- sigsergv 11y agoGood (==effective) UI does not require commands to be descriptive. Yes, it requires some learning, but then you can use them very effectively. And shell is not a tool for “general audience”, so it's fine to have some initial learning steps.
- bediger4000 11y agoAt least powershell has command names that describe what they do. That's always debateable. Since nobody writes command names that are incomprehensible gibberish (to them), then I think if powershell command names describe (to you) what they do, then good. Almost certainly, a sizeable fraction of any populace will find those command names "unintuitive".