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Is there any reason to use Powershell on Linux?
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I forgot about fish. I've read it isn't POSIX compliant. It's my distro's default shell but I really didn't feel like using it so I installed zsh instead. I mostly use Zsh because it's a lot easier to find unformation about it online. I don't currently write shell scripts but I may wish to in the not-so distant future. Is Zsh a good choice for that? Thank you!
You can whatever shell you like and still write scripts in bash, as bash is a part of (practically) every system. When you write a .sh script the first line will indicate which shell to use, so you can run bash scripts from any shell so long as you have it installed.
This is the way! I also like using zsh with oh-my-zsh as an interactive shell, but I still write my scripts in Bash. They can run anywhere (and most scripts you'll find online are also in Bash)
Yup, same. I prefer zsh and omz, but I write all my shell scripts in bash for portability and compatibility.
The #!/bin/bash thing (first line) is called the shebang and it can use any application not just shell, so that means Python or PowerShell or any other tool.