What is your favourite shell to use

j4k3 , 10 days ago

Slowly trying to learn sh while using mostly bash. Convenience is nice and all, but when I encounter something like OpenWRT or Android, I don’t like the feeling of speaking a foreign language. Maybe if I can get super familiar with sh, then I might explore prettier or more convenient options, but I really want to know how to deal with the most universal shell.

atzanteol , 10 days ago

This is a good approach. I’ve always found it beneficial to learn “the standard things” than relying on a customized setup.

I’ve seen some people absolutely lost when they login to a system without 500 custom aliases on it…

lnxtx , 10 days ago

Former zsh user. fish works for me.
For scripts I use bash tho.

hanna , 10 days ago

Eshell because it is consistent cross platform and I switch often for work/etc. Sometimes I’ll use bash when I really want a native shell.

I used fish before eshell and I really like it, the auto complete is nice, but eshell has autocomplete and since aliases and other configurations are in my emacs config, they sync cross platform too.

cbarrick , 10 days ago

Zsh

No plugin manager. Zsh has a builtin plugin system (autoload) and ships with most things you want (like Git integration).

My config: github.com/cbarrick/dotfiles

Magister , 10 days ago

I went through sh->csh->tcsh->bash

chrash0 , 10 days ago

nushell is excellent for dealing with structured data. it’s also great as a scripting language.

UntouchedWagons , 10 days ago

Zsh + oh-my-zsh

dinckelman , 10 days ago

Definitely fish. It does everything i need out of the box. To achieve the same with zsh, i needed a dozen plugins on top of a plugin manager. Here, in satisfied with just Starship as custom prompt.

That said, i’ve been trying nushell recently. Don’t really think it’s for me, but it is pretty interesting

eric , 10 days ago

Bash or ZSH. Whatever is default.