Re:Four features that justify a new Unix shell
by chubot on Saturday October 24, 2020 @12:22AM
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sh and bash both seem like they should die in a fire. They are full of foot gun
Right, that is the point of Oil. The post describes 4 footguns that you can now avoid. Moreoever, you can run your existing shell scripts with Oil first, and gradually move away from the dangerous style.
Rewriting even 500 lines of shell in Python is not a pleasant task (even if you think Python is better for the task).
Right, that is the point of Oil. The post describes 4 footguns that you can now avoid. Moreoever, you can run your existing shell scripts with Oil first, and gradually move away from the dangerous style.
Rewriting even 500 lines of shell in Python is not a pleasant task (even if you think Python is better for the task).