lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoBeyond Bash: 9 Lesser-Known Linux Shells and Their Capabilitiesitsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareKajika@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI tried and liked it a lot years ago. But the piping wasn’t asynchronous so you have to wait the full completion of the first command for the next. I’m not sure about the current state but if that is fixed I would happily fully switch.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoLooks like the latest version streams output from one command to the other. For example, when I run for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 1; echo $i; end | cat I see the numbers show up one at a time.
I tried and liked it a lot years ago. But the piping wasn’t asynchronous so you have to wait the full completion of the first command for the next.
I’m not sure about the current state but if that is fixed I would happily fully switch.
Looks like the latest version streams output from one command to the other. For example, when I run
for i in (seq 1 5); sleep 1; echo $i; end | catI see the numbers show up one at a time.