Any Bash features you'd like to see?

[Ken O. Burtch]

On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 11:20, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 05:56:54PM +0300, Peter wrote:
> > The purpose of having a log is to be able to backtrack. That implies 
> > order is important. One could have a record format similar to the log 
> > file entries a la '${time}(${pid}): line \n' but the writes must be done 
> > line-locked or they will be interspersed with output from other shells.
> 
> I never considered the bash history to be a log, just a great source of
> previous command lines.
> 
> If it was a log, I would expect it to not keep loosing information when
> multiple shells are running, hence it is not a log.  A log feature could
> be useful though.
> 
> Lennart Sorensen

For what it's worth, my business shell (Bush) has history log.

If you want a powerful scripting language / shell / template engine, use
Bush or a similar project.  It's time to give Bash a well-deserved rest.

Ken B.

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