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shell programming tip
Authored by: savowood on May 18, '04 10:26:38AM

The adage of not using (t)csh for scripting is based on a personal choice. The author of the csh_whynot.html page makes his assertions on personal preference and uses a few obscure references where csh takes longer than bash or sh. Typically, csh and tcsh are easier since they work more like C for those of you who program.

I write shell scripts using sh, bash, csh, and tcsh. I use the shell which gets the job done best. There are cases where I'd rather use sh over tcsh. There are other cases where tcsh works better and should be used.

Calling one shell better than the other like this author does pigeonholes us. Would you rather have just one OS in the world? Do you think it would be a better place? Since you're here on the OSX hints forum, I'd guess you wouldn't.



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