Switching from tcsh to bash? · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by Cliff on Thursday October 23, 2003 @03:50AM from the preparing-for-major-changes dept.

momerath2003 asks: "With the advent of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, Apple will switch its default shell from tcsh to bash (in order to conform more to the newer Linux trends). A lot of Mac power users will want to know how to make the switch, especially if they use such tcsh-specific extra files as the login/out scripts in the /usr/share/tcsh/examples directory (they automatically set up some aliases and can automatically read aliases from a specific file, among other things). So, how do we all adapt? What are some ways to emulate the behavior of the example files, and what differences are there between the bash and tcsh shells?"

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big deal... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 03:57 · Score: 4, Insightful

I imagine the "power users" who use tcsh will... wait for it ... here it comes ... SWITCH BACK TO TCSH!

Really, it's no big deal. They are both fine shells. Tcsh is rotten for programming but that doesn't affect most people.