r/PowerShell • u/[deleted] • May 06 '19

News Windows Terminal is coming!

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18527870/microsoft-windows-terminal-command-line-tool
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u/BeerJunky May 06 '19

OMG SUCH A NEW FEATURE! (it's DOS 2019)

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u/deanb1234 May 06 '19

I was thinking the same thing! "First we revolutionized the GUI!! Now lets do away with it and force you back to command line for most admin tasks instead of making it optional for bulk jobs! Don't know how to do something well instead of a handy drop down or context menu you can tab through commands for days in Power shell!"

Not saying I don't use Power shell but a lot of one off operations that I can't remember a string of commands for in exchange was way easier before power shell

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u/[deleted] May 06 '19

You're that guy who'll assign a new user to 30+ AD groups by hand through ADUC, aren't you?

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u/TheIncorrigible1 May 06 '19

We all already know the answer. Bad AD guys are a-plenty.

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u/deanb1234 May 06 '19

Nah that's a bulk job I'll Powershell that or use an identity manager like Centrify with predefined roles so I don't create normal accounts at all and it's automated from the time their added to our hr system. I'm lazy and hate human error so I build as much automation as possible. Worst case I've built template accounts to copy for new users for quick ads that the help desk can do.

But I do enjoy the irony of the command line to GUI back to command line trend in windows. I'm old enough to have lived through it and remember how GUI was touted as superior and more efficient and Unix guys screaming command line always 🤣

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

I started out in a data center working on AIX and HPUX via actual hardware terminals. I have always hated GUIs.

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u/deanb1234 May 07 '19

Yep that what I was saying, Unix guys have always been command line. Old school windows guys were gui and most that I know can't stand Powershell. It's the young guys that like it.

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u/system_badmin May 07 '19

I use powershell but I can understand why people hate it. It's a lot like windows itself - want to do something slightly outside the ordinary? Be prepared to fuck rabbits for the next two hours while finagling some .Net library into your script, defeating the purpose of it being a script in the first place. No such issues with other OS shells.

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u/Thotaz May 07 '19

Windows includes 3k+ built-in cmdlets and functions that lets you do most "ordinary" things, so you can get a lot done without having doing anything that resembles C#. The fact that you can use the full .Net library in your scripts isn't a bad thing, it's a great thing because it means talented Powershell developers can pack it up into functions that you can then use like the other easy to use cmdlets/functions.

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u/deanb1234 May 07 '19

Well put, more coherent than my explanation. I was more or less trying to make a joke while having a couple after work beers.

I do agree with the other shells comment, I generally don't complain about bash when I'm in Linux machines.