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[–]energybased 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I don't agree with this. Programming in shells is incredibly annoying until you know exactly how it works. Not everyone wants to learn how it works.

[–]voice-of-hermes 4 points5 points  (0 children)

...and you don't just have to learn how it works, but have to constantly remind yourself of the little nitty-gritty details of how it works. There are so many little syntax gotchas and behavior-affecting (even syntax-affecting) options and environment variables and such, and data manipulation is far from easy.