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yecril71pl
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response 25 of 35:
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Oct 8 16:44 UTC 2007 |
Neither do I --- but it would be obvious for POSIX to follow Bourne.
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papa
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response 26 of 35:
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Feb 14 00:14 UTC 2017 |
After tiring of the Grex menush, I decided to give tcsh a try for historic
interest (bash is my standard shell on Un*x systems where I have a choice).
I installed the tcshrc Project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcshrc/)
initialization files to give myself a head start. I found that the Project
assumes you're using a variety of Linux, so it took a little hacking to get
some of the features working on Grex's OpenBSD, which was both annoying and
fun.
I will not bother with tsch scripts beyond dabbling with the initialization
files. Within that range, although the syntax is different from the more
familiar Bourne-like shells, I have encountered no problems.
Overall, I like tcsh fine, with very little difference from bash for ordinary
use. I have not been able to get the incoming mail watch feature to work,
though I don't get much mail on Grex. tsch has a login watcher that I think
bash lacks which is interesting.
I guess that either tcsh or csh is or was the default shell on Grex because
the system-wide cshrc file looks like it's had quite a bit of customization.
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kentn
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response 27 of 35:
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Feb 15 01:52 UTC 2017 |
tcsh is my preferred shell and has been for a long time.
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papa
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response 28 of 35:
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Feb 15 03:54 UTC 2017 |
Why do you prefer tcsh over something like bash? They seem
very similar to me.
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kentn
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response 29 of 35:
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Feb 16 02:52 UTC 2017 |
While they are similar, I like the vi command line in tcsh
much better than than in bash. I like all the features in
tcsh better. I don't do shell scripts in tcsh though.
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papa
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response 30 of 35:
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Feb 16 03:38 UTC 2017 |
I prefer Emacs key bindings for command line editingand
haven't noticed any problems with tcsh there.
I occasionally miss bash command syntax and redirection
options for longer complex commands. But it doesn't come
up often on Grex.
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tod
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response 31 of 35:
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Mar 14 17:28 UTC 2017 |
Long live bash and vi (though cash shell would make me happier)
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papa
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response 32 of 35:
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May 18 23:17 UTC 2017 |
I've been using tcsh (with the tcshrc package
https://sourceforge.net/projects/tcshrc/) since I came to Grex. It's not
bad, but the small differences with bash are becoming more annoying. I'm
thinking of switching back to bash.
tcsh can't find executables in the directory at the end of my $path list. Have
I missed some setting that will fix that?
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papa
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response 33 of 35:
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May 18 23:24 UTC 2017 |
I can't recreate the $path problem now. Never mind.
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cross
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response 34 of 35:
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May 19 00:21 UTC 2017 |
I used tcsh for nearly 20 years but switched away about a decade ago. Everyone
around me used bash, so I felt I should adapt instead of expecting the world
to accommodate me. Then I started using zsh most places.
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cross
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response 35 of 35:
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May 19 00:22 UTC 2017 |
Oh, PS: If you added or moved a command and experience that problem again,
try running `rehash`.
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