Apple Switches tcsh for bash

Posted by pudge on Tuesday August 26, 2003 @02:45AM from the one-less-thing-to-change-for-new-accounts dept.

gklinger writes "AppleInsider is reporting that Apple has switched from tcsh to bash in the the latest developer build (7B44) of Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther). There is speculation that the switch was made to appeal to Linux users. Experienced users get pretty religious about their shells so what remains to be seen is how diehard tcsh users will react." I don't know about appealing to Linux users in particular, but I just don't know many people who prefers tcsh these days, on any platform. It seems like everyone is using bash or zsh.

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Re:One of my biggest girpes about OS X by computerme · 2003-08-26 02:55 · Score: 5, Insightful

yes you can. Some people just like to complain. It makes them feel better or something...
Couldnt anyone that really cares... by ErisCalmsme · 2003-08-26 02:57 · Score: 5, Insightful

just install whatever shell they wanted to use anyway? Im sure anyone that has shell scripting in mind also knows how to install their own shell the correctly right?

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