Hacker News with Generative AI: Shell

The history and use of /etc/glob in early Unixes (utoronto.ca)
One of the innovations that the V7 Bourne shell introduced was built in shell wildcard globbing, which is to say expanding things like *, ?, and so on.

Unix, Operating Systems, History, Shell, Programming

67 points by zdw 5 days ago | 47 comments

Bash Completion (2023) (erikarow.land)
This week, I’ve been exploring how tab completion works in Bash.

Bash, Linux, Command Line, Shell, Productivity

8 points by wonger_ 8 days ago | 1 comments

Oils 0.24.0 – Closures, Objects, and Namespaces (oilshell.org)

Programming, New Releases, Shell, Software

15 points by todsacerdoti 13 days ago | 0 comments

Fish has been ported to Rust (github.com/fish-shell)
fish’s core code has been ported from C++ to Rust (#9512). This means a large change in dependencies and how to build fish. Packagers should see the For Distributors section at the end.

Programming, Rust, Shell, Open Source, Software

66 points by tcfhgj 26 days ago | 4 comments

Fish shell announces 4.0 release (lwn.net)
fish is a smart and user-friendly command line shell with clever features that just work, without needing an advanced degree in bash scriptology. Today we are announcing an open beta, inviting all users to try out the upcoming 4.0 release.

Command Line, Open Source, Shell, Software, Beta

65 points by askl 30 days ago | 16 comments

Evolution of Shells in Linux (2011) (developer.ibm.com)

Linux, Operating Systems, History, Shell

33 points by todsacerdoti 68 days ago | 6 comments

Rash – The Reckless Racket Shell (rash-lang.org)
Rash is a language, library, and shell REPL for Racket.

Programming Languages, Racket, Shell, REPL

4 points by richardfontana 77 days ago | 0 comments

Modern Path Environment Variable (izissise.net)
The PATH environment variable is read by the shell or libc to find and execute programs, this is how the shell can find /bin/ls when ls is typed in a terminal.

Operating Systems, Linux, Shell, Programming, Environment Variables

6 points by ingve 96 days ago | 2 comments

Lish Shell (github.com/nibbula)
This repository has been archived by the owner on Sep 25, 2024. It is now read-only.

Software, Shell, Github

12 points by todsacerdoti 115 days ago | 4 comments

Show HN: Sol – A de-minifier for shell programs (github.com/noperator)
A de-minifier (formatter, exploder, beautifier) for shell one-liners.

Shell, Programming, Tools, Open Source

147 points by noperator 124 days ago | 24 comments

A Spreadsheet and a Debugger Walk into a Shell (arcan-fe.com)
Here we continue the series of posts on the development of a command-line shell which defies terminal emulation by using the display server API locally and a purpose built network protocol remotely.

Shell, Network Protocol

12 points by todsacerdoti 124 days ago | 0 comments

Reasons I still love the fish shell (jvns.ca)
I wrote about how much I love fish in this blog post from 2017 and, 7 years of using it every day later, I’ve found even more reasons to love it. So I thought I’d write a new post with both the old reasons I loved it and some reasons.

Shell, Operating Systems, Programming, Software, Productivity

56 points by robenkleene 127 days ago | 33 comments

Shell Has a Forth-Like Quality (2017) (oilshell.org)

Shell, Programming Languages, Open Source

31 points by rrampage 135 days ago | 3 comments

Show HN: Shelly – A pure and vanilla shell-like interface for the web (github.com/galvao-eti)

Show HN, Web Development, User Interfaces, Shell

33 points by ergalvao 137 days ago | 12 comments

Shell.how: Explain Shell Commands (shell.how)

Shell, Learning Resources, Education

116 points by thunderbong 147 days ago | 38 comments

oh-my-posh: The most customisable and low-latency cross platform/shell prompt (github.com/JanDeDobbeleer)