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Comment by bkeroack | Hacker News Reader

This is great. When dealing with bash stupid-isms I've always thought it would be awesome to have a shell with Python syntax. The tough part is figuring out how to combine Python with "normal" shell commands in a clean, intuitive manner but it looks like Xonsh has gone a long way towards solving that!

Just installed on my personal Macbook. Will see how it goes.

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You could already do some minimal shell-like scripting with ipython[1]. Just put your ipython-flavored script in a file with .ipy extension an call it with ipython, or just use #!/usr/bin/ipython as a shebang.

  #!/usr/bin/ipython
  files = !ls
  for f in files:
    print(f)

That being said, it is a bit clunky to use since it's not a proper shell, so xonsh is definitely a very welcome improvement.

[1]: http://ipython.org/ipython-doc/stable/interactive/shell.html

I agree, this is awesome. I hate dealing with bash but it's pretty common when you're DevOps.

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