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The documentation page for configuring runbook input parameters in Azure Automation exhibits a notable Windows/PowerShell bias. Most examples, code snippets, and workflows are based on PowerShell, PowerShell Workflow, or graphical runbooks (which are PowerShell-based). The only Linux-relevant section is for Python runbooks, which is brief and lacks parity in depth and example coverage compared to PowerShell. All command-line examples for starting runbooks use PowerShell cmdlets, with no mention of Bash, Azure CLI, or Linux-native tooling. The JSON passing example is exclusively PowerShell-based, and SDK examples use C#, which is more common in Windows environments. There is no guidance for Linux/macOS users on how to interact with runbooks using Azure CLI or Bash scripts.