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On Sun, 15 Mar 2026 12:30:16 -0000 (UTC), Kenny McCormack wrote:

> Disclaimer: I actually think bash is a pretty good and useful
> tool/shell/language, but it does have a lot of, um, er, quirks.

The biggest thing I hit was my tcsh aliases had to be converted to 
functions.