programming in bash is great I started programming CLI tools/applications in bash yesterday. Normally, I make small bash scripts to help run files. I actually kind of like it over Node.js. Instead of using the (annoying) HTTP module or the node-fetch package, I can do something like this: ```bash HTML=$(curl https://example.com) echo HTML ``` Bash can be a bit annoying to learn, for example, date formatting. I've never used the date command before, so instead of typing: ```js new Date(); // Tue Mar 09 2021 12:21:59 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time) ``` You need to run ``` date +"%B %d, %Y (%r)" ``` Which outputs: ``` March 09, 2021 (12:21:03 PM) ``` Yeah I know, "big deal buddy" but seriously, It can be annoying. Althogh, I do like the fact that I don't need something like [moment.js](https://momentjs.com/) to format dates I also like the fact that I don't need to require a package like readline or inquirer to get user input: ```bash echo "Yo! What's your name?" READ name echo "Welcome $name!" ``` Well, thanks for reading, bye!