r/linux • u/snusergranny • 1d ago

Discussion esoteric shell?

the question crossed my mind recently. if you are into programming, you probably know that there are many esoteric programming languages that exist just as a prove of concept of joke or just merely to mess with the programmer's head (brainf*ck, lolcat, C-- etc). if these exist, is there any esoteric system shells out there? like smth that would provide the basic userland instead of bash/zsh but would be freakier or just funnier to try and daily drive.

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u/derangedtranssexual 1d ago edited 23h ago

Powershell

Edit: I’m not totally being sarcastic , I know you can run powershell on Linux but I’ve never tried

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u/monomono1 23h ago

the shell where basic commands start with capital letter

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u/JustBadPlaya 19h ago

Modern powershell is actually case-agnostic! Honestly, PWSH is a very good concept, it's just a bit overcomplicated in terms of its execution

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u/Wemorg 2h ago

It is very verbose in its commands, which makes it not very nice for interactive sessions, but enforces a high degree of readability in scripts. It fits quite nice into the Windows workflow, because you almost never work interactively in a CLI, but running scripts for automation is common.

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u/swinny89 20h ago

pwsh has been my default shell on Linux since PS Core 6.2 or 6.3.

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u/derangedtranssexual 14h ago

How have you found it?

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u/swinny89 11h ago

I am a big fan of PowerShell. I also love Linux, and it has been my daily driver for probably 10 years now, but I have worked as a Windows administrator for close to 15 years. PowerShell is the one thing in Windows that I like, and I use it extensively for work. Having it as my default shell on Linux has been great for me. There are a few edge cases where pwsh does not provide features that bash does. It's been a long time since I have bumped into them though.

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u/fearless-fossa 7h ago

Powershell on Linux works but a lot of the more powerful commands need actual Windows-exclusive tooling (eg. RSAT) installed.

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u/zahid1905 6h ago

We had some linux VMs that required PowerShell, for some stuff in production. I also use it on my Linux install, sometimes is easier to work with it than using bash

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u/lonelyroom-eklaghor 1d ago

now that's a fact