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
>>
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