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POSIX'ify, ZSH'ify & BASH'ify PowerShell? #9296

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Make PowerShell not only POSIX compliant, but also ZSH & BASH compatible.

I don't want to start any kind of negative feedback loop here, but I'm thinking about a way for folks like me to give PowerShell a chance. I've used it off and on for years and each time I've used it I have always spit and cursed under my breath about how on earth could MS be pushing backwards vs forging ahead with a proven technology that sys admins and developers already know and love around the globe. I'm impressed that Microsoft is taking such steps as open sourcing this and I think this kind of an attempt at a visionary movement forward is both honorable and praiseworthy.

In an effort to unify the shell world, I think PowerShell could get really creative by providing a ZSH and BASH compatibility layer. Frankly I'd probably use PowerShell if I could do this as I'd feel good about it being supported by a serious, large and long term investor like Microsoft - even though it would be on macOS for my OS flavor.

So to this end, could you please implement a POSIX compliant layer in conjunction with ZSH and BASH compatibility that would allow us to bring our decades of accrued shell scripts and configurations over to PowerShell?

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