Fish

Fish (Friendly Interactive SHell) is a Unix shell designed for interactive use, offering features like syntax highlighting, autosuggestions, and a user-friendly scripting language. It aims to provide a more intuitive and productive command-line experience compared to traditional shells like Bash, with sensible defaults and minimal configuration required.

Also known as: Fish Shell, Friendly Interactive SHell, fish-shell, fishsh, fsh

Why learn Fish?

Developers should learn Fish when they want a modern, user-friendly shell that enhances productivity through features like autocompletion and syntax highlighting out-of-the-box, especially for interactive tasks and scripting in Unix-like environments. It's ideal for those who prefer a shell that requires less manual configuration and offers better error messages and help systems.

Learning Resources

• docs: Fish Shell Official Documentation
• video: Fish Shell Tutorial on YouTube
• tutorial: Fish Shell Tutorial on Linuxize
• course: Fish Shell Course on Udemy