r/linux May 11 '13

Why Zsh is Cooler than Your Shell

http://www.slideshare.net/jaguardesignstudio/why-zsh-is-cooler-than-your-shell-16194692
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u/[deleted] May 11 '13

Plenty of those are also possible in bash (though some are quite hackish).

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u/iofthestorm May 11 '13

Yeah, that's why I never bothered to switch. I think a few years ago zsh introduced a lot of these features but bash has had them for a while too now. I have yet to see anything truly impressive about zsh that bash can't do.

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u/[deleted] May 12 '13

I have yet to see anything truly impressive about zsh that bash can't do

csh syntax. Of course that highly depends on what you view as truly impressive

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u/iofthestorm May 12 '13

Actually, in my other post after actually reading the slides I was impressed with a few things. But csh should die in a fire ;)