[kusmi]

https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.txt

I like bash for the same reason I like emacs, in that no matter what the environment is like, I can usually count on my bash scripts to work. I keep them in emacs org-mode files where I store them in src code blocks. I can tangle multiple code blocks into single executable scripts to different directories. Check out org-mode babel, tangeling, and noweb. Keeping all my bash code in a single file solves my issue with having to dig for that one script I wrote that one time because I forgot how to do this one thing ...

If you aren't running Linux on your desktop yet, consider it. Full immersion is a fast way to learn.