From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 5 23:17:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC7D2106566B for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:17:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 84FE98FC32 for ; Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:17:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OL2V9-00009Q-8I for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:10:04 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:17:15 -0700 Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 16:17:15 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100605231715.GD69990@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: which is the basic differences between the shells? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 23:17:21 -0000 On Jun 05 2010 22:35, Giorgos Tsiapaliokas wrote: > hello, > i am coming from the linux world where i was using the bash shell but i > found out that there are also much more. > can u tell me the basic differences between them?(pros and cons) > > thanks in advance > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" I like zsh, because it's sh-compatible, brings in a lot of the good ideas from csh/tcsh, and the license appears to be copyfree rather than copyleft. man zsh to see that there are so many features they had to break up the man pages. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com