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From: gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: CSH and SKSH
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Date: 2 Jun 90 23:22:26 GMT
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Hi.  I used CSH and SKSH all the time, I was just wondering whether or
not the authors had any intention of making these more UNIX like.
For instance, if I put an ampersand at the end, fork off a new shell
and execute the commands in the background.  It would probably make quite
a bit of sense if the shells were totally reentrant that way you could
save a ton of memory space.  Also, what about command expansion on
the command line, ie

foreach i ( `grep con stuff|awk -f stuff.awk` )
...

Also, is there any intention of adding more the stuff that can be found
in CSH?

I've also noted a bug or two in CSH 4.01A (It's been there for a long
time as far as I can tell).  Piping doesn't work very well.  That
is to say, piping to commands internal to the shell.  Also, the file
permissions don't work correctly.  I have an A2500/30.  When I do
an ls and another ls a short while later, I sometimes get different
results.

			Thanks, Ralph

 
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