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Tools and practiceSystems programmingThe shell and command lineRust
Daniel Bachler demonstrates Nushell, a modern shell written in Rust that uses structured data instead of raw text.
Did you ever notice how little has changed in how we interact with a terminal? Sure, zsh is nicer than sh, tmux is useful - but working in a terminal is still extremely based on text, strange mnemonics etc. ChatGPT helps with all that, but wouldn't it be nice if we could have a shell that is built around modern ideas, not only the same stuff as in the 70ies? This is what nushell is (nushell.sh) - it is written in rust, taking some inspiration from powershell but packaging it all in a really ergonomic package. Commands consume and output structured data (through wrappers around the most common linux command or parsing/serialization helpers for the rest). This then lets you learn how to sort or filter data once and use it for all sorts of programs. In this video I give a brief tour of nushell, how it works and some ideas for you can do with it. Chapters Intro What would we like in a shell? Starting nushell and a first taste - ls Outputting to different structured formats Inspecting structured data - sys Building more complex pipes with each Working with sqlite databases Http requests from nushell Parsing text into structured form The built in help Query web to query into html Working with common programs that output only text like git Getting structured output from docker Installing nushell Dataframe support for parquet filesWhat people say. Recommended as a great introduction to the advantages of Nushell over traditional shells like zsh.
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