Questions concerning BaSH
Lars P. Fischer
fischer at iesd.auc.dk
Wed Jan 9 06:02:20 AEST 1991
>>>>> On 8 Jan 91 15:47:46 GMT, jc at bu-pub.bu.edu (James Cameron) said:
James> I have seen a few references to Bash. I was just curious as to where
James> I can get it, and what are the pros cons in comparison to tsch.
The Bourne Again SHell is available from prep.ai.mit.edu and several
other places.
Compared to tcsh:
- bash i sh syntax, which is much nicer and what you use for scripts
anyway. Being able to pipe output from a loop i a must.
- bash has a more powerful command line editor, ie. you can search
for a line containing any string, etc.
- the command line editor used in bash is available as a library for
use in other programs. If you change the key bindings, it takes
effect in *all* programs that use the command line editor. I like
this a lot for use in gdb etc.
- command line editing lets you retrieve individual lines from a
loop, say. Being able to get the first line only is a true tcsh
brain damage.
- You get the src to hack.
- The price is right :-)
Overall, it's a matter of preference: sh or csh. I used to be a csh
user, but nowadays I much prefer sh.
Try it.
/Lars
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