BEbenatkin·Oct 24, 2023
It is a useful correction. This project predates the release of the movie: https://github.com/geophile/marcel/commit/bb6adacbb6b3a683ce...
In Marcel the Shellgeophile
marcel
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geophile / marcel
marcel
A modern shell
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I love pipelines. I don't know the elaborate sublanguages of find, awk, and others, to exploit them adequately. I also love Python, and would rather use Python than those…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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6 sourcesCheck out marcel: https://marceltheshell.org, and https://github.com/geophile/marcel. Both marcel and nushell start with the idea of piping structured data instead of strings, which is incredibly powerful. (This also applies to osh. I am the author of osh and marcel.)
Marcel (and osh) rely on Python types and language where typical shells have sublanguages. So instead of awk or find and their sublanguages, you just use Python. Instead of piping strings, you pipe streams of Python values.
Marcel lets you use Python on the commmand line. It also has an API which allows you to use shell-like commands inside of Python programs.
In Object SHellThank you, kind stranger. I am the author of object shell. This project is obsolete, superseded by Marcel, which I also wrote. https://gitHub.com/geophile/marcel.
Marcel has a lot in common with nushell, but relies on Python syntax and types instead of inventing a lot of new language.
In Object SHellIndeed, the new incarnation appears to be Marcel https://github.com/geophile/marcel
In Object SHellTake a look at marcel: https://github.com/geophile/marcel
In The Awk Programming Language, Second EditionI like the idea of Unix pipelines, but I hate all the sublanguages, awk being one of the biggest. I scratched my itch and built my own shell, marcel: https://github.com/geophile/marcel.
I mention this specifically, here, because of the CSV point. Marcel handles CSV, e.g. "read --csv foobar.csv" reads the foobar.csv file, parses the input (getting quotes and commas correct), and yields a stream of Python tuples, splitting each line of the CSV into the elements of the output tuples.
Marcel also supports JSON input, translating JSON structures into Python equivalents. (The "What's New" section of marcel's README has more information on JSON support, which was just added.)
In The Awk Programming Language, Second Edition