Re: Switching from tcsh to bash as an interactive shell

From: Chris F.A. Johnson (cfajohnson_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: 17 Sep 2004 09:53:37 GMT

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On 2004-09-17, P.T. Breuer wrote:
> Tristan Miller <psychonaut@nothingisreal.com> wrote:
>> Yes there is, and I stated it in my original post. Because I do my
>> scripting in bash, I find myself constantly typing things like "for f in
>> *; do foo; done" at the command line. Needless to say this is incorrect
>
> One doesn't type programs on the command line

    Once certainly does.

    It is one of the great advantages of a Bourne-type shell that one
    can type a multiple line command at the prompt, without having to
    go through the process of committing it to a script.

    It is extremely convenient for testing a structure before putting
    it in a script.

    It is indispensible for commands that are one-offs.

> - leave programming to a script. Use tcsh for your interactive use
> (it's far more comfortable than sh), and program in sh.

    While tcsh is more comfortable than a Bourne shell in some
    respects (but not enough to compensate for the lack of multi-line
    commands), it has nothing over bash. 

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