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I tried to convince a few people at work to use fish instead of bash.

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  • charette@mstdn.caC This user is from outside of this forum
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    I tried to convince a few people at work to use fish instead of bash. I cannot begin to describe how much of a better shell fish is over older shells.

    Unfortunately, was not successful in getting them to try it, even for a minute.

    If you'd like to try:

    sudo apt-get install fish
    fish

    Send me a message or post a reply if you do try it. To keep fish as your default shell, run this command:

    chsh --shell $(which fish)

    #fish #bash #shell #linux

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      @davidmaddock It helps predict things as you type, based on previous commands you ran.

      It is smarter about case-sensitive names than bash when you use tab completion.

      It parses the man pages so it knows about parameters to all sorts of commands. Then it can help auto-complete them as you type commands.

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        @davidmaddock It helps predict things as you type, based on previous commands you ran.

        It is smarter about case-sensitive names than bash when you use tab completion.

        It parses the man pages so it knows about parameters to all sorts of commands. Then it can help auto-complete them as you type commands.

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        @charette @davidmaddock@aus.social and asks you if the command you mistyped should be corrected with right one. Almost died laughing the first time I crossed it.
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          @charette @davidmaddock@aus.social and asks you if the command you mistyped should be corrected with right one. Almost died laughing the first time I crossed it.
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          @charette @davidmaddock@aus.social In my defence I'm a two finger typist and not watching the screen when I type. Stone age I am.
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          • charette@mstdn.caC charette@mstdn.ca

            I tried to convince a few people at work to use fish instead of bash. I cannot begin to describe how much of a better shell fish is over older shells.

            Unfortunately, was not successful in getting them to try it, even for a minute.

            If you'd like to try:

            sudo apt-get install fish
            fish

            Send me a message or post a reply if you do try it. To keep fish as your default shell, run this command:

            chsh --shell $(which fish)

            #fish #bash #shell #linux

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            @charette Too used to zsh. My .zshrc, which I’ve been lugging around from system to system, still has lines from 1996...

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            • charette@mstdn.caC charette@mstdn.ca

              I tried to convince a few people at work to use fish instead of bash. I cannot begin to describe how much of a better shell fish is over older shells.

              Unfortunately, was not successful in getting them to try it, even for a minute.

              If you'd like to try:

              sudo apt-get install fish
              fish

              Send me a message or post a reply if you do try it. To keep fish as your default shell, run this command:

              chsh --shell $(which fish)

              #fish #bash #shell #linux

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              @bobdobberson @burbilog I don't want to have to try and _convince_ anyone to try it. On pretty much all distros, it is extremely easy to install.

              I also was a csh, zsh, and bash user for over 30 years before I tried fish. My guess is I've been using fish for at least a decade now, and I would never go back.

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