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Work · January 15, 2020

Murex – non-Posix shell designed for productivity

A smarter, more intuitive, and readable shell. You

Murex – non-Posix shell designed for productivity launched on January 15, 2020 with 76 votes, #492 of 3,486 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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Murex is a shell designed for productivity that diverges from POSIX standards. It was created for developers and system administrators who work in command-line environments and want alternative approaches to traditional Unix shells. The shell emphasizes productivity features that differ from conventional POSIX-compliant shells, making it suitable for users seeking different workflows and capabilities.

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A smarter, more intuitive, and readable shell. You'll get more done, and more easily, with Murex Murex has native support for data formats such as JSON, YAML, XML, CSV, and others. Murex has a flexible syntax that is both succinct enough to allow for fast typing in the command line, but also readable shell scripts. Shell scripts are notorious for having leaky failure modes. Murex fixes this with familiar features like error handling and unit tests. Murex features a state-of-the-art interactive command line . Read more about it's unique features. Read the language tour to learn about the syntax and how shell scripting is easier in Murex. The Rosetta Stone is a great cheat sheet for those…from murex.rocks

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