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From: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Unix Shells......
Message-ID: <7547@cg-atla.UUCP>
Date: 23 Aug 89 13:33:50 GMT
References: <2877@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: fredex@cg-atla.UUCP (Fred Smith)
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In article <2877@quanta.eng.ohio-state.edu> JOE@rcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Joe Rohde) writes:
>I'm new to ibm, and i'm sure this has been asked a zillion
>times.........but..
>
>Is there a good csh type shell for msdos, either as a command.com
>replacement (Which would be preferred), or add on program?
>
>I have an old program names tc-shell3.5, which is nice, but
>doesnt allow command recall through arrow/emacs keys.
>
>thanks ahead of time.  Oh yes, also, what site might i ftp
>to get it. (I cant seem to connect to SIMTEL, but everything else
>looks ok.)
>
>Joe
>
>joe@eng.ohio-state.edu







There are a number of programs available to do various levels of
replacement of command.com. Some of them provide little more than
just a history list or other forms of recalling previous commands.

There are also a couple of real unix or unix-like shells avaiable--
MKS  sells what is supposedly a complete Korn shell (I haven't
used it). M&T Publishing sells Allen Holub's program 'sh', which is
called "unix-like". I have been using it now for 2-3 years and find
it very useful. It provides aliases, history, a real script language
similar to (but not same as) csh, uses the proper slash (i.e., '/' 
rather than '\' in pathnames (this can be configured if you insist
on using the stupid backslash), allows multiple semicolon-delimited
commands on a line, etc., etc. Best of all, they sell the shell
executable, complete with sources and a book of a couple hundred
pages for a lousy forty bucks! M&T Publishing is the publishers
of Dr. Dobbs Journal, so you can find out how to 
purchase the shell (and a bunch of other stuff, too) by picking up
a recent copy of DDJ.

Fred