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 18:37:27 GMT

On 2004-09-17, P.T. Breuer wrote:
> Chris F.A. Johnson <cfajohnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.unix.shell.]
>> 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.
>
> One certainly does not.
>
>> 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.
>
> Indeed it is - it's called interpreting, and it makes debugging (small
> things) easy. However, that's not the "command line", that's an
> interpreter, and I encourage you to use it.
>
> Do not do your programming on the command line. Use an interpreter.
>
>> It is extremely convenient for testing a structure before putting
>> it in a script.
>
> No, using an interpreter is, not "it" is.

   What do you think you are using at the command line if not an
   interpreter? 

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