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Nushell looks cool but I prefer to stick with the POSIXes so that I know my scripts will always work and syntax always does what I expect it to. I use zsh as a daily driver, and put up with various bashes, ashes, dashes, that come pre-installed with systems I won't be using loads (e.g. temporary vms).
Always confuses me when people say this. You can use multiple different shells / scripting languages, just as you can use multiple programming languages.
I know that. I just don't have a use case for alternative shells. Zsh works fine for me and I know how it works. I don't have problems that need fixing, so I don't need to take the time to learn a new, incompatible shell.
Your scripts should have Bourne shebangs