any #nushell users here? please chime in so we can help document some gotchas and sadness when using `nushell` as login shell.

See: https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/10316

im starting to use #nushell as my personal shell now. well i didnt use chsh because there is still that bug 🥹

Theoretically, #NuShell could implement a caching mechanism for slow pipelines, right? It knows whether files/commands used in the pipeline changed and could thus pull up parts from a cache. 🤔

Probably much harder to implement, just thinking out loud. 😅

It feels like #NuShell could be of great use for #plainTextAccounting. PTA tools can output structured data like CSV or JSON, providing an ideal input for Nushell. Might be even simpler than spinning up #Python to do some custom calculations or logic that aren't available natively in the PTA tools.

https://www.nushell.sh/

#hledger #ledger #beancount

It seems like #nushell assumes everyone is American. Ugh.

That part of #nushell is a tad annoying. So either I change all my code snippets in #ShellFishApp or don’t make #nushell my default shell

Turns out installing #nushell on :rpi: 3 via Rust is a bit time consuming.

Somehow compilation times are faster on my 20 Cores Mac Studio. Who would have thought ? I’ll check back on my tmux session tomorrow.

@akosma Well, I couldn’t figure a case where I’d need it. Except that one specific case of #nushell not having packages but I preferred the rust way as this is something I’d install anyway for other stuff.

@hywan I wish new tools would invest more into transitioning help.

For example in #nushell when I type a well known bash command it could just suggest the correct way. Transitions for a decades old habit would be made easier.

@nobodyinperson This is the issue that I created about 10 months ago:

https://github.com/nushell/nushell/issues/7202

Cycling with Tab was working until a breaking change broke it and no one is interested in fixing it. The funny thing is that Shift+Tab works, but not Tab.

This is why I switched back to Fish.

I would love to try #NuShell again if it gets proper completions like Fish.

@jntrnr not pointing fingers or anything, but maybe you could boost Nu completions ❤️

Something I'm noticing in comments to my recent blog post on #nushell is that a lot of folks have a strict separation between interactive shell and scripting.

When I point out in the post that Nushell is really meant to scale smoothly between the two, some folks say things like "so you're saying it's really a scripting language not a shell"

I want to help folks see they don't have to choose. They can scale ideas all the way up in one language without rewriting.

I finally get #Nushell. I don't need a new shell, but what I really want is jq that has a proper scripting language, or a Ruby/Python for scripting which doesn't require a whole runtime+modules deployed.
Pipeing AWS commands + rich collection types + native json support = love it.
#Linux #shell #devops

The case for Nushell, https://www.jntrnr.com/case-for-nushell/.

Relevant article about shells, and how Nushell pushes the boundaries further. I highly recommend reading it.

#shell #nushell

Experimenting with #nushell as a substitute for my existing trove of bash, awk, jq, yq, and mlr manipulations. Quite powerful but it's going to take a long time to change my finger memory.

@jntrnr #Nushell looks very interesting, thanks for the writeup!

I see that plugins can be made in any language that speaks JSON/MSGPACK¹, that's awesome.

The 'Coming from Bash' page² is also helpful.

Do you use #nushell as your actual shell? Or only for specific tasks?

¹https://www.nushell.sh/book/plugins.html
²https://www.nushell.sh/book/coming_from_bash.html

Wrote up my thoughts on why #nushell matters. And yes, they get a bit spicy 😅

https://www.jntrnr.com/case-for-nushell/

Hey all, the #nushell team put together a survey to help gather feedback from folks.

Whether or not you're currently using Nushell, we'd like to hear from you.

The survey should take around 5 minutes to complete. Thanks!

https://forms.gle/tk6fJRr6wdCm1xg1A

Is there anyone using #nushell as a daily #shell ? Do you like it? What are the pain points compared to #bash, #zsh, #fish ?

#rust #rustlang

`eval` for #Nushell. The key part of the script is as follows.

```nu
['alias print = print -e' $nuscript] | str join "\n" | save -f $scriptfile
let ret = (nu --config $nu.config-path --env-config $nu.env-path
-c $'let ret = source ($scriptfile); $ret | to nuon'
| from nuon)
```

In short, I bypassed parser keyword check by invoking a subprocess. A bit slower, but works.

This allows piping snippets from your favorite editor, enhancing it with Nushell.

Today marks 4 years of #nushell being public. Happy birthday! 🎉

https://www.nushell.sh/blog/2023-08-23-happy-birthday-nushell-4.html