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		bin_bash on Aug 26, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fish – A friendly interactive shell Nobody (I know) that uses fish actually writes scripts in fish. Everyone writes scripts in bash for portability.

prokopton on Aug 26, 2023 [–]

I’ve been writing all my shell scripts as .fish files for years. They’re just for me and I enjoy the syntax.

ModernCannabist on Aug 26, 2023 | [–]

Same! I love the syntax, and I only share my .fish scripts with a friend or two I program with that also uses fish.

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