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Add ShellJS compatibility layer with streaming and virtual command advantages #25

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@konard

Goal: Beat ShellJS's 9M weekly downloads - our closest competitor with built-in commands

ShellJS Advantages:

  • 20+ built-in commands vs our 18
  • Mature ecosystem and documentation
  • Template literal support in newer versions

Our Advantages to Leverage:

  • ✅ Template literals ($cmd``) vs function calls (shell.ls())
  • ✅ Real-time streaming (vs buffered only)
  • ✅ Virtual commands engine (revolutionary vs none)
  • ✅ Mixed pipelines (vs basic piping)
  • ✅ EventEmitter pattern (vs none)
  • ✅ Async iteration (vs none)
  • ✅ Advanced signal handling (vs basic)
  • ✅ Public domain license (vs BSD-3-Clause)

Implementation:

  • Add 2+ more built-in commands to match ShellJS (22 total)
  • Add $.shelljs compatibility mode
  • Create migration examples for all ShellJS commands
  • Document streaming advantages over ShellJS buffering
  • Show virtual commands solving ShellJS extension limitations
  • Performance comparisons (streaming vs buffering)

Target Commands to Add:

  • tail command (streaming advantage obvious)
  • head command
  • sort command
  • uniq command

Success Metrics:

  • Feature parity + streaming advantage
  • Complete migration documentation
  • Performance benchmarks

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