From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 18817 invoked from network); 18 Nov 2021 23:12:45 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 18 Nov 2021 23:12:45 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 84A1F9CA42; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:12:44 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E54A9CA36; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:12:41 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id D5A8F9CA36; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:10:44 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 452 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:10:43 AEST Received: from lax.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [45.32.70.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF1929C2A1 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 09:10:43 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (121-200-11-253.79c80b.mel.nbn.aussiebb.net [121.200.11.253]) by lax.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04CCF27FF5 for ; Thu, 18 Nov 2021 23:03:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix, from userid 1004) id 567E42635BF; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:03:10 +1100 (AEDT) Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:03:10 +1100 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey To: COFF Message-ID: <20211118230310.GB94373@eureka.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: +61-490-494-038. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) Subject: [COFF] Powershell better than Bourne shell? X-BeenThere: coff@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4361467229777135381==" Errors-To: coff-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "COFF" --===============4361467229777135381== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kVXhAStRUZ/+rrGn" Content-Disposition: inline --kVXhAStRUZ/+rrGn Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline I recently had a discussion with some colleagues on the topic of shells. Two people whom I respect both told me that Microsoft's Powershell runs rings round the Bourne shell. Somehow that sounds like anathema to me, but it's not beyond the bounds of possibility. Before I waste time investigating, can anybody here give me some insights? Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --kVXhAStRUZ/+rrGn Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iEYEARECAAYFAmGW264ACgkQIubykFB6QiNJewCgji+pHHbTnKYQb+/10nPrxRbU x4QAoK2bnV+yGrsVjUZbqA9OqzsauX8k =8zTr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kVXhAStRUZ/+rrGn-- --===============4361467229777135381== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: inline X19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX19fX18KQ09GRiBtYWls aW5nIGxpc3QKQ09GRkBtaW5uaWUudHVocy5vcmcKaHR0cHM6Ly9taW5uaWUudHVocy5vcmcvY2dp LWJpbi9tYWlsbWFuL2xpc3RpbmZvL2NvZmYK --===============4361467229777135381==--