Xref: utzoo comp.unix.amiga:1070 comp.unix.shell:2493 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!samsung!uunet!pdn!palan!ckctpa!crash From: crash@ckctpa.UUCP (Frank J. Edwards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga,comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: ksh vs csh (was Re: SVR4 /bin/sh BUG) Message-ID: <1991Jun23.004301.949@ckctpa.UUCP> Date: 23 Jun 91 00:43:01 GMT References: <1991Jun18.023211.25558@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> Organization: Edwards & Edwards Consulting Lines: 37 In article <23109@ogicse.ogi.edu> morgan@ogicse.ogi.edu (Clark O. Morgan) writes: >In article pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey) writes: >>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. > >How true. Also, csh's "!?" history notation is extremely useful. I >use ksh every day and hope never again to be forced to use "bare" csh >(command line editing is quite a time saver). But the absence of the >history features you mentioned (and "!?") is irritating. But what about (in VI command editing mode) "/" to perform an interactive search of the command history? Isn't interactive preferable to non-interactive? Especially since you can hit "n" and search for the next one if the current one is incorrect? >Clark O. Morgan morgan@cse.ogi.edu ...!uunet!ogicse!morgan So far, to summarize the responses I've gotten, the major points seem to be twofold: 1) I've got csh on all the machines at work/home(?)/school 2) I'm used to csh and see no reason to change (although most replies containing this answer admitted that they gave ksh only a brief look-over and it didn't work _The Same_ as csh; I'm guessing that this means they didn't know how to configure it to suit they're needs, either because time coudln't allow time for it or perhaps they decided against ksh at this point because of (1), above.) Thanks net.folks; this has been useful to me and will continue to sit in the back of my mind as I teach future students. -- Frank J. Edwards | "I did make up my own mind -- there 2677 Arjay Court | simply WASN'T ANY OTHER choice!" Palm Harbor, FL 34684-4504 | -- Me Phone (813) 786-3675 (voice) | Only Amiga Makes It Possible...