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It's possible to use the Scala REPL as an advanced shell extension. Here's a simple example of finding the longest file name in a directory from Scala Repl
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gistfile1.scala
scala> :sh ls /tmp
res39: scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ProcessResult = `ls /tmp` (20 lines, exit 0)
scala> res39.lines.maxBy(_.size)
res40: String = homebrew-brew-doctor-4Nsy
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