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First time installing a distro that came with zsh instead of bash (i.imgur.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

There are two massive points no one has mentioned yet.

Quoting every expansion isn't necessary in Zsh. Parameters don't split or glob by default.
$array actually expands to every element in an array.

Compare this between Bash and Zsh:

a=('/* hello */' 'world!' '  ')
printf '"%s" ' $a

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

$array actually expands to every element in an array.

Very convenient. But ~every shell script is written in bash or POSIX(y) sh. When I need to write shell scripts I begin with busybox sh compability. If it turns out to be too complex, I'll convert to bash. This is because if I ever would publish the script it would have better changes to be accepted as a PR for example. Yes. Bash is a mess. I don't even like it that much. It's okay. But it's more standard then zsh. Although I've seen the tides turn on some occasions, like macOS.

Maybe some day I'll give zsh a second chance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I used to write Bash more than anything, but now the things I write are either simple enough to keep POSIX or complex enough that I miss the extra niceties Zsh provides.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

but now the things I write are either simple enough to keep POSIX or complex enough that I miss the extra niceties Zsh provides.

Well said!