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Nushell: The only shell you will ever need
An extremely powerful rust-based shell that makes working on the terminal a fun, exciting and productive experience!
One of my friends recently introduced me to the awesome nushell. I instantly fell in love with this new nushell! And I would most likely there is no going back! It is so powerful that I was motivated to write an article and share it with you all.
Introduction
Nushell is a rust based shell. It is cross-platform i.e. it works on BSD, macOS, Linux and Windows [1]. This is a huge advantage since you would only have to learn about the shell once and you can use it virtually anywhere! I appreciate this so much since I tend to work on macOS, Windows and Ubuntu. Having to switch between zsh, cmd/PowerShell and bash is pretty annoying. Having to configure each of them differently for your aliases, settings, themes etc. is just boring and time-consuming. Consistent shell experience everywhere you do coding is a huge advantage! The shell itself doesn’t seem bloated and feels pretty fast which means there is no compromise in terms of performance. Let’s look at how to install nushell.
Installation
The base installation is pretty straightforward. I have installed it on macOS, Ubuntu and Windows. The following commands will install the shell without…
