Elvish

Modern shell & scripting.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Shell scripting with an interactive shell. Distributed as a static (Go) binary so works on (and can easily be shipped to) lots of platforms. Shell shows errors before execution e.g. undefined variables to avoid unexpected behavior. Built-in searchable directory and command history. Also has a file manager UI.

Tradeoffs

It’s pre-v1.0 so there may be breaking changes.

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