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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by aerique on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:05PM (#16277982)
I've been using fish for years but I never write scripts in it. What's the point?

There's sh which is the most portable. Why write scripts in anything else but an actual programming language when things get more complex?

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Re:Why Create a New Unix Shell? by msla on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @05:33PM (#16278153)
The point is the compose-save-edit cycle: Compose the script in the shell, save it to a file, and then, maybe, edit it to add better argument handling or support for corner cases you didn't consider in the interactive environment.
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