Nushell in a Nutshell

guest post by Anonymous Rust Dev

It's the Anonymous Rust Dev back unbidden, trying to pry the Python from your cold... errr, I mean, sell you on new things.

You know the drill... A file comes across your desk, and you want to know what's in it. Perhaps you're one of those individuals who receives a 4 GB text document and attempts to open it with Excel or Notepad.

You may have a bash command that you reach for to grok its contents, or a fancy GUI application, or perhaps with all those fancy Python skills, you code up a throwaway application to scry its contents. And you've even reached for something like xonsh, allowing you to ply your Python skills directly within the shell.

I submit, however, that there may be a better way. In today's episode of "Not Another Rust-based Tool," I present Nushell.

Obviously, one person's "better" is another person's no-thank-you. Hopefully, I can win you over to my side with some persuasive arguing...