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Re: bash vs. python scripts - which one is better?

From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent(at)vinc17.org>
Date: Wed Aug 08 2007 - 23:49:08 EDT

On 2007-08-08 18:03:38 +0200, Manon Metten wrote:
> Could you explain in short why you prefer zsh over bash?

zsh is more powerful, e.g. recursive globbing, MULTIOS, more powerful parameter expansion, tied parameters...

In fact, zsh is better mainly for interactive use (better completion mechanisms, multiline editor).

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