Xref: utzoo comp.unix.amiga:1044 comp.unix.shell:2459 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!acorn!ixi!ixi!pd From: pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: SVR4 /bin/sh BUG Message-ID: Date: 19 Jun 91 12:53:39 GMT References: <109310@becker.UUCP> <1991Jun14.042736.28910@metapro.DIALix.oz.au> <1991Jun15.014909.1562@menudo.uh.edu> <1991Jun15.141609.848@ckctpa.UUCP> <1991Jun17.234824.20461@jato.jpl.nasa.gov> <1991Jun18.023211.25558@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Sender: paul@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) Organization: IXI Ltd. Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: elliss@kira.egr.msu.edu's message of 18 Jun 91 02: 32:11 GMT -> crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) writes: >>Why do *you* use csh? What are the advantages (please be specific and >>objective) of csh over ksh? Another advantage is that csh is more likely to be present, I work on many machines, and like as standard an environment as is practicable. Also ksh doesn't have the ability to refer to !-5:3 (not that I do this very often but !131$ or !132* are very useful. -- Regards, pd@x.co.uk IXI Limited Paul Davey pd@ixi.uucp 62-74 Burleigh St. ...!uunet!ixi!pd Cambridge U.K. "These are interesting times" +44 223 462 131 CB1 1OJ USA: 1 800 XDESK 57