I've recently been thrust into using PowerShell at work too, and it's fine. I still wouldn't choose it, given the option. I get why people like the object orient nature of it, but I also don't think I get much value from it. 9 times out of 10, if I need a shell script, it's just stringing commands together. If I'm doing something complex enough to really benefit from "everything is and object" then why not just use a more capable language like python?
There is a trend of people making increasingly complex and expressive shell languages, but I don't really understand what problem they are trying to solve. Maybe what we really need is a less complex shell so people are less tempted to write complex logic with it.
There is a trend of people making increasingly complex and expressive shell languages, but I don't really understand what problem they are trying to solve. Maybe what we really need is a less complex shell so people are less tempted to write complex logic with it.