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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

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]

…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

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

Have you tried https://github.com/google/zx ?

comment by medv · 2024-07-25 · in Node.js adds experimental support for TypeScript

Tried https://github.com/google/zx and never looked back.

comment by baxuz · 2024-07-17 · in Introduction to Bash Scripting

…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

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

…, 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

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

…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

Why pick this over https://github.com/google/zx ?

comment by pprotas · 2024-01-20 · in The Bun Shell

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

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)

> 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)

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)

…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?

…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)

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

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

…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

…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

…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

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

…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

…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

…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

…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

…… 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

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

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

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

…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

…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