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by viraptor 981 days ago
It makes relying on "shell scripts" much easier. Almost entirely gets rid of explicit whitespace handling in variables. Has proper types, so doing some math is safer. Has built-in dictionary / array / tree value support. Has better error handling.

In practice that means gluing together many tools, especially json/yaml/network-related is easier and you have better safety around it all. You can have proper, reusable functions too.

Each script I rewrote from bash to nushell that basically strings together many AWS calls is ~2-3x shorter now and more readable.

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That sounds promising. Did you use it in a team? If so, how well did they receive your avant garde shell language?

Also, have you tried other alternative shells like xonsh?