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A tool for writing better scripts

45 mentions on Hacker News by 30 people: 11 stories, 34 comments · first 2021-05-06 · latest 2025-04-21

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  1. Not Python but this is exactly the idea behind zx https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by dhruvrajvanshi · 2025-04-21 · in Python’s new t-strings
  2. I write a lot of JS/TS for my day job, so zx ( https://github.com/google/zx ) has been a nice tool for bash scripts that start getting a little too complex.
    comment by gcmeplz · 2025-04-17 · in Advanced Shell Scripting with Bash (2006) [pdf]
  3. …you call /usr/bin/env zx, it will automatically retrieve any module imports you have in your code! https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2024-11-21 · in /usr/bin/env -S uv run
  4. You could try zx[1]! I prefer it to Bash scripting. [1] https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by a_wild_dandan · 2024-09-06 · in Effects of Gen AI on High Skilled Work: Experiments with Software Developers
  5. Have you tried https://github.com/google/zx ?
    comment by medv · 2024-07-25 · in Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript
  6. Tried https://github.com/google/zx and never looked back.
    comment by baxuz · 2024-07-17 · in Introduction to Bash Scripting
  7. ▲ 3
    Google/Zx v8.1
    story by todsacerdoti · 2024-05-13 · 0 comments
  8. …scripting tasks that were just beyond maintainable bash, but maybe I'll give bun shell a go. [1] https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by lvncelot · 2024-04-27 · in Bun’s New Crash Reporter
  9. ▲ 3
    Zx 8.0
    story by medv · 2024-04-08 · 0 comments
  10. ▲ 162
    ZX – A tool for writing better scripts
    story by AbuAssar · 2024-02-10 · 137 comments
  11. TIL about zx! https://github.com/google/zx This suite of tools feels indispensable. Anything to keep me from having to write/maintain bash scripts that are more than a series of commands.
    comment by xavdid · 2024-02-10 · in Dax – Cross-platform shell for Node.js
  12. …, Bun Shell took inspiration from zx[0], dax[1] and bnx[2] [0]: https://github.com/google/zx [1]: https://github.com/dsherret/dax [2]: https://github.com/wobsoriano/bnx
    comment by nateb2022 · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  13. This looks exactly like zx by Google. And that's probably a good thing. https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by lucasyvas · 2024-01-21 · in The Bun Shell
  14. …the ZX shell[2] JS library. Tho haven't tested it. [1]: https://github.com/sindresorhus/execa [2]: https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by nathan_phoenix · 2024-01-20 · in The Bun Shell
  15. Why pick this over https://github.com/google/zx ?
    comment by pprotas · 2024-01-20 · in The Bun Shell
  16. ▲ 4
    Zx: A tool for writing better scritps
    story by nateb2022 · 2024-01-07 · 2 comments
  17. I really love writing with zx. https://github.com/google/zx We have some folks who have gone wild copy-pasting random fancy bash snippets into various developer helpers scripts. Zx did like 90% of that stuff out of the box, without being a…
    comment by jauntywundrkind · 2023-10-19 · in YavaScript: Write shell scripts in JavaScript/TS instead of bash
  18. I ended up using this for my cli scripting needs. https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by nerdbaggy · 2023-08-20 · in Scripting with Go (2022)
  19. > python There's a library for Node called Zx ( https://github.com/google/zx ) that provides a more shell-liked interface for Node. I've been working on something in Python, inspired by Zx and Xonsh ( https://xon.sh/ ), with syntax like…
    comment by nerdponx · 2023-08-09 · in Pure Bash Bible (2018)
  20. Also javascript as an alternative for bash.. Not an official Google product of course but ... https://github.com/google/zx > Bash is great, but when it comes to writing more complex scripts, many people prefer a more convenient programming…
    comment by emmelaich · 2023-05-19 · in The Case for Bash (2021)
  21. …some Deno takes on it). It's amazing how little is needed to make JS pretty handy for scripting. https://github.com/google/zx I'd love some day to have the power-shelly dream of an object oriented platform. But I don't want to renounce all…
    comment by rektide · 2023-04-21 · in Why Perl?
  22. …to the per-project environments than `python` is to whatever virtualenv dependencies you have. [0] https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by chatmasta · 2023-04-01 · in Python local packages directory proposal rejected (PEP 582)
  23. Something for Python akin to zx for JavaScript? https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by 0x6c6f6c · 2023-01-28 · in Show HN: Clamshell- an experimental Python based shell
  24. ▲ 3
    ZX-shell: write JavaScript/TS+Bash scripts that download their dependencies
    story by nathan_phoenix · 2023-01-15 · 0 comments
  25. I switched to https://github.com/google/zx . I'm tired of working with strings and prefer actual data structures.
    comment by baxuz · 2022-10-28 · in Shell script best practices, from a decade of scripting things
  26. …super small tweaks/libraries & js becomes much simpler to script. there's also a deno port[2]. [1] https://github.com/google/zx [2] https://deno.land/x/zx_deno@1.2.2
    comment by rektide · 2022-07-11 · in Perl is still relevant
  27. ▲ 3
    Zx 7.0.0
    story by medv · 2022-06-14 · 0 comments
  28. …is pretty ok pipeline handling via streams, which finally have decent & well embraced standards. https://github.com/google/zx/blob/main/docs/pipelines.md Formatting as final step Im not as familiar with but it sounds like one could easily…
    comment by rektide · 2022-05-09 · in Jeffrey Snower was originally demoted over PowerShell
  29. …here. More from the fringe, I'm quite enjoying zx, a really nodejs powered scripting environment. https://github.com/google/zx Covered somewhat in ZX 3.0 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28195580 (189 points, 8 months ago, 163 points)
    comment by rektide · 2022-05-08 · in Jeffrey Snower was originally demoted over PowerShell
  30. Has anyone else used https://github.com/google/zx here? I've started using that instead of bash script and js/node/deno scripts. it's kind of a nice combination of things. the only pain with this is writing to files. > doesn't just work.
    comment by pvinis · 2022-04-25 · in The temptation of writing shell scripts, illustrated
  31. …jupyter or vscode notebooks are the closest it comes to practical literate programming. [1] https://github.com/google/zx#markdown-scripts [2] https://github.com/httpie/httpie [3] https://github.com/xo/usql
    comment by lf-non · 2022-03-22 · in Literate programming is much more than just commenting code
  32. ▲ 3
    Zx 5.0.0
    story by medv · 2022-02-09 · 0 comments
  33. …perhaps get added to something like ZX standard library. [1] https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs [2] https://github.com/google/zx [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staged_event-driven_architectu...
    comment by rektide · 2021-11-08 · in Scripting languages of the future
  34. …how offbeat Perl is, every time I poke my head in. [1] https://github.com/shelljs/shelljs [2] https://github.com/google/zx [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27486706 https://blog.metaobject.com/2021/06/glue-dark-matter-of-soft...…
    comment by rektide · 2021-10-20 · in The reports of Perl’s death have been greatly exaggerated
  35. …to prevent command injection. Is that handled by the Ruby and Perl backtick syntax as well? [1] https://github.com/google/zx/blob/3.0.0/test.mjs#L30-L33
    comment by ptx · 2021-08-16 · in Zx 3.0
  36. …… await $`mkdir /tmp/${name}` Code like this[1] looks prone to shell injection [1] https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by lixtra · 2021-08-16 · in Zx 3.0
  37. The code in the main readme ( https://github.com/google/zx ) has an example of parallelism (the Promise.all line).
    comment by tgsovlerkhgsel · 2021-08-16 · in Zx 3.0
  38. ▲ 189
    Zx 3.0
    story by medv · 2021-08-16 · 163 comments
  39. ▲ 3
    Google/Zx vs. God
    story by atulanand94 · 2021-05-20 · 0 comments
  40. You can use ZX to have Node in your shell: https://github.com/google/zx
    comment by manigandham · 2021-05-13 · in Deno 1.10 Release Notes
  41. I believe Google just released https://github.com/google/zx . I am looking to refactor some "gnarly" and unreadable bash scripts in JavaScript and wondering what everybody thinks is the best option? Biggest pain points in my opinion in…
    comment by nodesocket · 2021-05-09 · in Shelljs – Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js
  42. …that effect or at least used a different version number. Version 1.0.2 hardly screams ‘pre-alpha’. https://github.com/google/zx/blob/5ba6b775c4c589ecf81a41dfc9...
    comment by pwdisswordfish8 · 2021-05-07 · in JavaScript for Shell Scripting
  43. …at least performs escaping instead of blindly concatenating shell scripts? Ah, who am I kidding. https://github.com/google/zx/blob/5ba6b775c4c589ecf81a41dfc9... function substitute(arg) { if (arg instanceof ProcessOutput) { return…
    comment by pwdisswordfish8 · 2021-05-07 · in JavaScript for Shell Scripting
  44. ▲ 385
    JavaScript for Shell Scripting
    story by gigel82 · 2021-05-07 · 181 comments
  45. ▲ 2
    A package for writing scripts on JavaScript instead of Bash
    story by medv · 2021-05-06 · 0 comments