> Possibly not directly useful, but... for something Perl
> and shelly and, as Monty Python would observe, completely
> different, you might want to look at the Zoidberg shell.

That would definitely be completely different. :-D I did look at Zoidberg briefly, but it's more of a Perl shell, which is more than what I really need. There are a couple of other options in that camp as well (although I can't recall any names ATM), but I was mainly concentrating on those that were mostly "hollow", so to speak, waiting for me to fill in the creamy center. :)