Alternatives

Products that do what Posix shell abuse – Reassemble arguments AKA Transforming $* into $ does

1. 1SB
   Sensible Bash: An attempt at saner Bash defaults▲173

   2016 · github.com

2. 2UA
   UXY – adding structure to Unix tools▲126

   2019 · github.com

3. 3BR
   bash.rocks – A bash interpreter in the browser▲58

   2017 · bash.rocks

4. 4GS
   GitHub style split diffs in your terminal▲178

   2021 · github.com

5. 5SF
   Shellmath: Floating-point arithmetic directly in bash▲30

   2021 · github.com

6. 6NN
   Nixar – New design of Linux command line▲130

   2015 · nixar.work

7. 7FE
   Funky – Easier, flexible, and more interactive shell functions▲78

   2018 · github.com

8. 8PB
   Pandashells – Bringing the Python data stack to the shell prompt▲89

   2015 · github.com

9. 9CS
   Critic.sh – Simple testing framework for Bash▲79

   2020 · github.com

10. 10BM
    Bashcached – memcached built on bash and ncat▲84

    2016 · github.com

11. 11SS
    Sempl – Stupid Simple Bash Templating▲30

    2015 · github.com

12. 12UP
    Using Parsing Expression Grammars to rewrite source code▲63

    2016 · github.com

13. 13PA
    Posixcube, a shell script automation framework alternative to Ansible▲53

    2017 · github.com

14. 14GA
    Goto – A Linux shell 'cd' replacement tool▲26

    2015 · github.com

15. 15AA
    Argsearch – A composable tool for sweeping over command-line arguments▲6

    2020 · github.com

16. 16BA
    Butler – a tool for people too lazy to remeber long shell commands▲5

    2015 · michaelallen.io

17. 17PD
    Pharaoh – Diff PHARs (executable PHP Archives)▲8

    2015 · github.com

18. 18LA
    Lambash, a WIP λ-Calculus Unix Shell Written in Rust▲7

    2019 · github.com

19. 19NA
    Neofetch – A command-line system information tool written in bash 3.2+▲7

    2018 · github.com

20. 20ST
    Same-tbh – vim-like macros for bash▲5

    2016 · github.com

21. 21EP
    Ecks.pl, a handy little tmux wrapper in Literate Perl▲12

    2016 · luchenlabs.com

22. 22CA
    Chext – a shell utility to change file extensions▲5

    2016 · github.com

23. 23TU
    Tip – use ctrl and w to rapid delete in terminal / shell▲11

    hours of life saved :)

    2015

24. 24AS
    A small symbolic math command line using algebrite and katex▲5

    2018 · bwasti.com

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