Here's a question System V or BSD ? lol When I started using Unix (Dec Ultrix) there was no bash, there was sh and csh and I could do so much more in csh. The thing I liked most was command line completion.and cdpath which I could type cd bin and change to /usr/local/bin instead of /bin or which ever way I set up cdpath. Also aliases (are you seeing I don't like to type ?) lol I prefer csh thus tcsh, but I use both and whatever fits the job, I like faster easier. After yeas I carried around a floppy with my .cshrc file because I had so many aliases, it slowed me down if they weren't available. lol, now a days bash has much of the same features so I think it's tomato tomahto. one thing I never understood with sh, is why did they use the word export, set and setenv seems much more logical. This link has a good explanation of some of the differences and history. https://linuxhint.com/csh-vs-bash-nix-shells/ If I tell you I use perl are you going to ask why not python ? lol :-) On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 11:04 AM Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > Slightly OT: Bob, since you are using tcsh, you can probably answer a > question I have had for decades: what is the reason for using tcsh (or, for > that matter, any terminal other than the usual default of bash)? > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 10:49 AM Bob Elzer via PLUG-discuss < > plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > >> Lol, I have an alias for cd on my system, which uses chdir otherwise it >> would loop. >> I'm using tcsh. It turns out chdir is just a synonym for cd built into >> tcsh. >> >> I knew What would happen if you did a sudo cd, but I was so focused on >> finding another way to type in cd I completely forgot about it. Oops >> > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list: PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >