Didn't think I would find a use case for xonsh in my life, but I was wrong. When your client machine is really locked down and the only shell you can use is cmd.exe and python's, then suddenly it feels like a savior.
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Didn't think I would find a use case for xonsh in my life, but I was wrong. When your client machine is really locked down and the only shell you can use is cmd.exe and python's, then suddenly it feels like a savior.
So I ended up doing it in Python, lol. awk and sed have a weird regex syntax, and I'm not good enough at perl to write that one-liner, lol.
I use Xonsh as my shell, so it's actually possible to do this in one line, but this is the most portable probably. You'll have to fill in the regex and file.
I use Xonsh as my shell, so it's actually possible to do this in one line, but this is the most portable probably. You'll have to fill in the regex and file.
![A short python script to do find/replace within a string.
Python script reads:
import re
reg = re.compile(r'(\d+)')
file = open("sedtest").readlines()
for line in file:
a = line.split(",")
print("Before: ", line.strip())
print("After: ", reg.sub(a[1].strip(), a[0]))
Output is:
@ python3 sub.py
Before: A123B,SUB
After: ASUBB
Before: ASDF3458,SUB2
After: ASDFSUB2
Before: AAABBBB384747SD,SUB3
After: AAABBBBSUB3SD](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x5zdkvzlhetecgri4ya3rrjd/bafkreidys6jsgdakcdjodewpiudkdn5liur7a7m3hhbllmcmobxxyxbv74@jpeg)
October 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So I ended up doing it in Python, lol. awk and sed have a weird regex syntax, and I'm not good enough at perl to write that one-liner, lol.
I use Xonsh as my shell, so it's actually possible to do this in one line, but this is the most portable probably. You'll have to fill in the regex and file.
I use Xonsh as my shell, so it's actually possible to do this in one line, but this is the most portable probably. You'll have to fill in the regex and file.
are you looking for xonsh
September 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
are you looking for xonsh
Alternative shells like Murex, Nushell, Oil, Xonsh, and Powershell were mentioned. Users shared experiences, highlighting specific features and advantages these shells offer beyond traditional options. #Commandline 5/5
August 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Alternative shells like Murex, Nushell, Oil, Xonsh, and Powershell were mentioned. Users shared experiences, highlighting specific features and advantages these shells offer beyond traditional options. #Commandline 5/5
I've been using Xonsh for about four years now, and it continues to be a solid daily driver unix shell for me, despite some issues.
Before xonsh, it was extremely common for me to feel torn between writing a shell script and a Python script for a given small project: "well, this script does (1/7)
Before xonsh, it was extremely common for me to feel torn between writing a shell script and a Python script for a given small project: "well, this script does (1/7)
July 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've been using Xonsh for about four years now, and it continues to be a solid daily driver unix shell for me, despite some issues.
Before xonsh, it was extremely common for me to feel torn between writing a shell script and a Python script for a given small project: "well, this script does (1/7)
Before xonsh, it was extremely common for me to feel torn between writing a shell script and a Python script for a given small project: "well, this script does (1/7)
break in your xonsh scripts if you were using clever mixtures of shell and Python syntax, which later gets parsed. I have a standing intention to figure out an easy way to peg my xonsh environment to a particular Python version to avoid this churn. Maybe I'll try nix for the fifth time.
The (5/7)
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July 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
break in your xonsh scripts if you were using clever mixtures of shell and Python syntax, which later gets parsed. I have a standing intention to figure out an easy way to peg my xonsh environment to a particular Python version to avoid this churn. Maybe I'll try nix for the fifth time.
The (5/7)
The (5/7)
in and from standard libraries like collections and itertools.
The biggest issue is that xonsh syntax is kind of "beholden" to Python syntax, but of course the python team doesn't see "this breaks xonsh scripts" as sufficient for a change to be "breaking". This sometimes causes stuff to (4/7)
The biggest issue is that xonsh syntax is kind of "beholden" to Python syntax, but of course the python team doesn't see "this breaks xonsh scripts" as sufficient for a change to be "breaking". This sometimes causes stuff to (4/7)
July 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
in and from standard libraries like collections and itertools.
The biggest issue is that xonsh syntax is kind of "beholden" to Python syntax, but of course the python team doesn't see "this breaks xonsh scripts" as sufficient for a change to be "breaking". This sometimes causes stuff to (4/7)
The biggest issue is that xonsh syntax is kind of "beholden" to Python syntax, but of course the python team doesn't see "this breaks xonsh scripts" as sufficient for a change to be "breaking". This sometimes causes stuff to (4/7)
some complicated logic, which would be a massive pain in bash, but it also extensively deals with the kind of OS resources that are easy to handle in bash (files, text streams, process management, ...) but require a bunch of boilerplate in Python". Xonsh means you don't have to choose. (2/7)
July 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
some complicated logic, which would be a massive pain in bash, but it also extensively deals with the kind of OS resources that are easy to handle in bash (files, text streams, process management, ...) but require a bunch of boilerplate in Python". Xonsh means you don't have to choose. (2/7)
July 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
It's so good! I can't believe I never heard of this or xonsh till this week
July 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It's so good! I can't believe I never heard of this or xonsh till this week
Ok we're doing kitty + xonsh + zoxide and it's a completely different terminal experience
July 11, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ok we're doing kitty + xonsh + zoxide and it's a completely different terminal experience
maybe I *should* switch from zsh to xonsh, the number of times I open up a terminal and just start typing Python without actually dropping into the REPL has been a bit high :v
July 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
maybe I *should* switch from zsh to xonsh, the number of times I open up a terminal and just start typing Python without actually dropping into the REPL has been a bit high :v
Origin
archlinux.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Origin
archlinux.org
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
It was time to update the sticker wall on the laptop. New additions: xonsh, Yamaha (that should have been there from day 1), 2001, and Drive. And a much improved Challenger tile.
June 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
It was time to update the sticker wall on the laptop. New additions: xonsh, Yamaha (that should have been there from day 1), 2001, and Drive. And a much improved Challenger tile.
The second day of the #SnakemakeHackathon2025 is over. Today I have merged 11 fantastic pull requests in the in main snakemake repo alone. And we have our first #Snakemake release during the hackathon, adding integration with xonsh for scripting and helpers for extracting params from input files.
March 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The second day of the #SnakemakeHackathon2025 is over. Today I have merged 11 fantastic pull requests in the in main snakemake repo alone. And we have our first #Snakemake release during the hackathon, adding integration with xonsh for scripting and helpers for extracting params from input files.
Read about it a while ago, but finally tried it: **xonsh** - a shell based on Python. And it might replace fish for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaje5I22kgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaje5I22kgE
March 9, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Read about it a while ago, but finally tried it: **xonsh** - a shell based on Python. And it might replace fish for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaje5I22kgE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaje5I22kgE
i should learn xonsh but years of experience has fully contorted my brain around cursed bash pipelines
March 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
i should learn xonsh but years of experience has fully contorted my brain around cursed bash pipelines
XONSH：Python 驱动的 shell
“Xonsh 是一款现代、全功能、跨平台的 Python shell。它的语言是 Python 3.6+ 的超集，并添加了 Bash 和 IPython 中常用的shell命令。它适用于所有主流系统，包括 Linux、OSX 和 Windows。Xonsh 适合专家和新手日常使用”
简单说就是 Xonsh = Python + Bash + IPython command
说实在的，我无法想象会有多少脏活累活要做，这工作量有点恶心。...
Read more: https://versun.me/blog/XONSH
“Xonsh 是一款现代、全功能、跨平台的 Python shell。它的语言是 Python 3.6+ 的超集，并添加了 Bash 和 IPython 中常用的shell命令。它适用于所有主流系统，包括 Linux、OSX 和 Windows。Xonsh 适合专家和新手日常使用”
简单说就是 Xonsh = Python + Bash + IPython command
说实在的，我无法想象会有多少脏活累活要做，这工作量有点恶心。...
Read more: https://versun.me/blog/XONSH
March 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
XONSH：Python 驱动的 shell
“Xonsh 是一款现代、全功能、跨平台的 Python shell。它的语言是 Python 3.6+ 的超集，并添加了 Bash 和 IPython 中常用的shell命令。它适用于所有主流系统，包括 Linux、OSX 和 Windows。Xonsh 适合专家和新手日常使用”
简单说就是 Xonsh = Python + Bash + IPython command
说实在的，我无法想象会有多少脏活累活要做，这工作量有点恶心。...
Read more: https://versun.me/blog/XONSH
“Xonsh 是一款现代、全功能、跨平台的 Python shell。它的语言是 Python 3.6+ 的超集，并添加了 Bash 和 IPython 中常用的shell命令。它适用于所有主流系统，包括 Linux、OSX 和 Windows。Xonsh 适合专家和新手日常使用”
简单说就是 Xonsh = Python + Bash + IPython command
说实在的，我无法想象会有多少脏活累活要做，这工作量有点恶心。...
Read more: https://versun.me/blog/XONSH
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