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Elvish (noun):
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A powerful scripting language.
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A shell with useful interactive features built-in.
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A statically linked binary for Linux, BSDs, macOS or Windows.
Powerful modern shell scripting
Write readable and maintainable scripts - no cryptic operators, no double-quoting every variable.
for x [*.jpg] {
gm convert $x (str:trim-suffix $x .jpg).png
}
Power up your workflows with data structures and functional programming.
var hosts = [[&name=a &cmd='apt update']
[&name=b &cmd='pacman -Syu']]
# peach = "parallel each"
peach {|h| ssh root@$h[name] $h[cmd] } $hosts
Catch errors before code executes.
~> var project = ~/project
~> rm -rf $projetc/bin
compilation error: variable $projetc not found
Run it anywhere
Elvish comes in a single statically linked binary for your laptop, your server, your PC, or your Raspberry Pi.
~> wget dl.elv.sh/linux-arm64/elvish-HEAD.tar.gz
~> tar -C /usr/local/bin -xvf elvish-HEAD.tar.gz
elvish
~> elvish
Use Elvish in your CI/CD pipelines. Convenient shell syntax and modern programming language - why not both?
steps:
- uses: elves/setup-elvish@v1
with:
elvish-version: HEAD
- name: Run something with Elvish
shell: elvish {0}
run: |
echo Running Elvish $version
Interactive shell with batteries included
Press Ctrl-L for directory history, and let Elvish find
java/com/acme/project for you.
home/dir-history
Press Ctrl-R for command history. That beautiful ffmpeg command you
crafted two months ago is still there.
home/cmd-history
Press Ctrl-N for the builtin file manager. Explore directories and files without leaving the comfort of your shell.
home/file-manager
Chat with the community
Join any of the following channels -- they are all bridged together thanks to Matrix!
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Telegram: Elvish user group
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Discord: Elvish Shell
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Matrix: #users:elv.sh
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IRC: #elvish on Libera Chat
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Gitter: elves/elvish
More resources
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Try Elvish directly from the browser (beta)
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Awesome Elvish: Official list of unofficial Elvish modules
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@ElvishShell on Twitter