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ela: the shell that refuses to guess

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A Linux shell and scripting language designed to stop on errors and explain what went wrong.

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For: Linux users writing shell scripts
Worth noticing: Its `--explain` command is described as working offline, with explanations and spec references supplied by the binary.

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The homepage's deployment example pairs a Bash failure mode with ela's lint output: an unset, misspelled cache variable is flagged at line 6 before the destructive command runs. Elsewhere, the tour describes jobs that are waited on before a proc returns, a `run.max` limit for concurrency, a once-per-second `--usage` display, and `--explain` answers sourced from the binary and available offline.

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