Smart Data

Murex has native support for data formats such as JSON, YAML, XML, CSV, and others.

Extremely Expressive

Murex has a flexible syntax that is both succinct enough to allow for fast typing in the command line, but also readable shell scripts.

Better Error Handling

Shell scripts are notorious for having leaky failure modes. Murex fixes this with familiar features like error handling and unit tests.

Getting Started

Learn About The Command Line

Murex features a state-of-the-art interactive command line. Read more about it's unique features.

Learn The Syntax

Read the language tour to learn about the syntax and how shell scripting is easier in Murex.

Cheat Sheet

The Rosetta Stone is a great cheat sheet for those wishing to skip the tutorials and jump straight in. This guide provides comparisons with Bash.

Easy to Install

Install murex from your favorite package manager or directly from source:

# via Homebrew:
brew install murex

# via MacPorts:
port install murex

# From AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/murex
wget -O PKGBUILD 'https://aur.archlinux.org/cgit/aur.git/plain/PKGBUILD?h=murex'
makepkg --syncdeps --install 

pkg install murex

More details are available in the INSTALL document.

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