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fish

Shell with autosuggestions and colors out of the box.

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Interactive shell with autosuggestions, syntax highlighting and completions built in, comfortable without needing plugins.

When to use

When you want a pleasant interactive shell with no configuration.

When to avoid

For portable scripts; its syntax is not POSIX/bash compatible.

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