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From: latham@ablnc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: C-shell on System V shell
Message-ID: <347@ablnc.ATT.COM>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 11:50:05 EST
Article-I.D.: ablnc.347
Posted: Wed Nov  4 11:50:05 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 17:16:33 EST
References: <195900002@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>
Organization: AT&T, Maitland, Florida
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Summary: Use ksh

In article <195900002@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu>, arunc@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> 
> Does anyone have shell scripts which emulate C-shell functions on the
> System V shell?
> 
> In particular, I need the history capability ....
> 
> Arun Chandra (arunc@uxc.cso.uiuc.edu)

Get yourself a copy of the Korn shell (ksh).

If you have AT&T Sys V r2.1 or later, I believe that you should already
have it.  If not you could talk to your administrator about getting.
( If you are the Admin, Call AT&T ).

Korn shell has history using a very similar interface to 4.2BSD Csh, PLUS
the ability to provide a one line vi or emacs window into the history
file.  The window mode is GREAT! you are allowed forward and backward searches
file line editing ( complete with undo! ).

As far as Csh programming though, forget it.  Csh was never very good as
a programming language anyway.  Ksh expands shell's programability with
defineable variable types, arrays, functions and mathmatical expression 
calculation.

					Ken Latham
					ihnp4!ablnc!latham
					AT&T UNIX Technical Support