I'm not tring that on my machine. What does it does?
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Prints out what shell you're using. Bash is default for most Linux distros. MacOS switched from bash to zsh as their default. Zsh is hella customizable, by default it functions more or less like bash.
Fish is cool, has neat quality of life features out of the box, but can also break scripts sometimes.
Thank you. TIL.
Fish was kinda cool when I tried it, but I don't really care about the benefits that much. I love Zsh's effortless customization with Oh My Zsh and the POSIX compatibility.
Default zsh is just bash, you need to add all the fancy plugins to get it to do cool stuff
fish is for people who don't want to spend the time setting it all up and to just get a shell that has most of the QoL fetaures builtin.
Fish is for people who like it when sometimes scripts don't work
Why would sometimes scripts not work? All scripts are executed with bash by default.
I like to gamble what can i say
But I'm a compliant little bitch for POSIX daddy
I tried switching to Nushell but certain things just wouldn't work so I switched back to zsh. sha512sum wouldn't work and there's no native replacement.
So write all your scripts in POSIX compliant bash and use the proper shebang?
You don't even need a proper shebang. Scripts without shebang are executed in bash by fish.
I literally do not notice any difference. If the folders and such get the pretty colors and tab works, I could give a damn.
Me hitting tab on any shell that isn't fish
"What the hell was that I ran the other day?"
start typing, ctrl+right, up, up, up, up, up, up
"Gotcha, bastard!"
right, enter
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zsh > bash
Brave stand, I will stand side by side with you until the first signs of mild resistance or mockery from the world!
Well guess what?
#include <string.h>
#include <iostream>
int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
const int which = strcmp ("zsh", "bash");
std::cout << which << std::endl;
return 0;
}
Output
1
This is bait.
And I'm ready to fish
It's time for a nushell
Currently using zsh but I installed fish yesterday to try it out because I'm thinking of switching. All the zsh plugins I have are basically just replicating what fish has by default anyway and fish might do it better.
The other way around, fish was implemented with the most popular zsh plugins in mind.
Plus, look at your name!
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I have never really ever used bash and thought, "Man, I wish my shell was better . . . ". Using ctrl+r to recall past commands, using sudo !! to fix missing permissions and writing small bash scripts all work very well.
That being said, if you use anything else, and you like it, I'm happy for you, but I do wonder, what leads people to other shells? What problems do they have with bash?
I script everything in bash, but for everyday use fish just has some modern QoL things that make it easier to get around. For me, specifically, it's the way you can recall commands by seeing a ghost version of your history, as you type. You can even scroll through a filtered history if you're part-way through typing some long command that matches what you have typed.
Another neat thing, it does it's best to predict what I want to type and remembers common locations, showing them as ghost text as well.
alias fuck='sudo !!' is probably the best thing I've ever added to my profile
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Oh yay, more tribalism.
I am a pureblood and do all the computing I need in my head.
Am I out of the loop? what's wrong with zsh?
Classic linux tribalism. Use what you like and don't get involved with these confrontational nerds.
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RMS doesnβt approve
They asked what's wrong
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Usually I just use bash it's definitely good enough. I've tried zsh and fish, I definitely prefer fish
I never tried anything other than bash tbh. Not sure if i should. I never really looked into what i might be missing out on with a different shell. Bash just works so i never felt like messing around with it.
fish is worth trying. saves alot of typing
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