---
title: "Bun's Shell Is Cursed (And Replaces Bash?)"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/bun-s-shell-is-cursed-and-replaces-bash--ozagalykq
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy8GLnqb5sI
type: video:youtube
source: "Theo - t3․gg"
published: 2024-01-27T11:40:09.178Z
updated: 2024-01-27T11:40:08.241Z
tags: ["javascript", "bun"]
reading_time: 12
upvotes: 19
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# Bun's Shell Is Cursed (And Replaces Bash?)

**[Theo - t3․gg](https://daily.dev/sources/t3dotgg)** · 12 min read · 19 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Bun's Shell is a new experimental embedded language and interpreter in Bun that allows you to run cross-platform shell scripts in JavaScript and TypeScript. It aims to solve the challenges of running shell scripts in JavaScript and provides features like globbing, environment variables, redirection, piping, and more.

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**@axelerated** · 0 upvotes

> That last example should land Theo in front The Hague to stand trial for crimes against technology.

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