[geeks] Thoughts on bash for root

Sridhar the POWERful vance at ikickass.org
Sun Apr 21 13:33:10 CDT 2002


On Sun, 21 Apr 2002, Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> > > I hate csh also.  I've used it for a long time.  I find scripts easier
> > > to write in it than in bash though.
> >
> > Ewwww!!!
> >
> > http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
>
> Perhaps I should have been more specific about what I meant by
> scripts.  I meant short things that are maybe 10 lines long on rare
> occasions, more likely 4-5.

Also, some of the stuff that that faq says can't be done in csh, actually
can.

Peace...  Sridhar



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