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Which Shell Do You Prefer?

Posted by Cliff on from the it's-about-time-we-posed-this-one dept.

Pascal de Bruijn asks: "I recently started to use NetBSD, the first thing I noticed was that it didn't have a command-line history. So I immediately wanted to switch my shell, being on BSD my first instinct was to change to tcsh, but many people told me it wasn't any good. Others recommended zsh. I would really like to hear your opinions about shells." The submitter is particularly interested in shell memory usage, and the features you like...and dislike...from the current options that are available, today.

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  1. bash by pizza_milkshake · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    it's sexy

  2. Python script by peripatetic_bum · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I've only begun leanrning unix, IM a system admin at a small non-profit. I actually find it my easier to write python scripts for things that would normally require bash scripts.

    Could I hear your thoughts about this approach?
    Thanks

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  3. Re:command line history by eXtro · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    OK, I've updated my signature to point at more information. It was always sort of a placeholder till I wrote something up, so here it is.

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  4. Re:command line history by rpresser · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Neither does command.com. Anybody still using it?