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There are a lot of Unix/Lunix scripting tools out in the wild. Microsoft is trying to bring some sanity to the world.

Sanity? I'd call it hegemony. If they'd simply port the commands to Linux, bash would be all we'd need. You can pretty much do anything with Bash.

Here's a bash script that will play a round of Bunco...

#!/bin/bash

rolldie()
{
   local result=$1
   rolled=$(( ( $RANDOM % 6 ) + 1 ))
   eval $result=$rolled
}

BuncoRound()
{
   # roll, display, and score a round of bunco!
   # round is specified when invoked, score added to totalscore
 
   local score=0 ; local round=$1 ; local hidescore=0
 
   rolldie die1 ; rolldie die2 ; rolldie die3
   echo Round $round. You rolled: $die1 $die2 $die3
 
   if [ $die1 -eq $die2 ] && [ $die2 -eq $die3 ] ; then
     if [ $die1 -eq $round ] ; then
       echo "  BUNCO! You score 21!"
       score=21
       hidescore=1
     else
       echo "  Mini Bunco! You score 5!"
       score=5
       hidescore=1
     fi
   else
     if [ $die1 -eq $round ] ; then
       score=1
     fi
     if [ $die2 -eq $round ] ; then
       score=$(( $score + 1 ))
     fi
     if [ $die3 -eq $round ] ; then
       score=$(( $score + 1 ))
     fi
   fi
 
   if [ $hidescore -eq 0 ] ; then
     echo "  score this round: $score"
   fi
 
   totalscore=$(( $totalscore + $score ))
}

for round in {1..6} ; do
  BuncoRound $round
done
  echo "Total Score: $totalscore"

For example:

$ bunco
Round 1. You rolled: 2 4 1
  score this round: 1
Round 2. You rolled: 6 1 6
  score this round: 0
Round 3. You rolled: 2 3 2
  score this round: 1
Round 4. You rolled: 4 1 5
  score this round: 1
Round 5. You rolled: 3 3 3
  Mini Bunco! You score 5!
Round 6. You rolled: 1 5 3
  score this round: 0
Total Score: 8

You can pretty much do anything with Bash.

I have increased the productivity of my entire team using just bash and expect. In the range of several hundred percent. I've written scripts that have reduced our time on task from several days down to 15 minutes. As a result, we get a lot more done with a LOT less worries/frustration/stress in our jobs.