# Converting from Shell to Julia

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-from-shell-to-julia/41531>\
**Category:** Teaching & Outreach\
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**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-from-shell-to-julia/41531 "2020-06-16T16:04:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/converting-from-shell-to-julia/41531/2 "2020-06-16T20:34:58Z")

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Welcome to Julia!

First, please quote your code to make it readable, see [Please read: make it easier to help you](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-make-it-easier-to-help-you/14757)

Then, for shell scripts, it depends a bit. For longer running ones, I’d say yes, for fast ones no. Because Julia has too long a start-up time. Having said this, I write most of my “shell scripts” in Julia.

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