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Re:Techniques I Use to Create a Great User Experience for Sh... by CGamesPlay on Saturday September 14, 2024 @05:11AM (#41538530)
But since there isn’t, even if you make one, people won’t want to rely on it as a dependency.
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Re:Techniques I Use to Create a Great User Experience for Sh... by Aeolun on Saturday September 14, 2024 @08:03AM (#41539261)
Can add it to bash?
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Re:Techniques I Use to Create a Great User Experience for Sh... by CGamesPlay on Saturday September 14, 2024 @12:26PM (#41540802)
It’s a bit more complicated. POSIX shell != bash, for example the default shell (/bin/sh) on macOS is now zsh, on Ubuntu it’s dash. Bash may still be installed, but may be years older than 2024. At a certain point, you’re better off embracing a dependency that just does everything better, like Python or Oil shell, for example.
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