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[–] colournoun@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You could, but maybe a good shell makes it easier than the external tool. Or maybe you use the shell to effectively combine the inputs and outputs of the other tools.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess that's convenient if you're only ever on one machine, I prefer commands that work (almost) everywhere!

[–] colournoun@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Me too. I could never get into nushell or fish because they’re not posix and I don’t need to learn two ways to do something.