Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:21:04 -0800 From: Bill Campbell <freebsd@celestial.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Why reccomend Bash shell? Message-ID: <20041216032104.GB17081@alexis.mi.celestial.com> In-Reply-To: <005a01c4e31c$efc4d460$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> References: <005a01c4e31c$efc4d460$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR>
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On Wed, Dec 15, 2004, Adam wrote: >In Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" he reccomends changing the default shell for users to bash shell. -p. 94 > >What are the Pro's/Con's of using bash as opposed to the other shells? That's largely a religious issue. I used csh for my first 6 years or so of *nix use, switching to ksh around 1988. Personally I like ksh better than bash or csh/tcsh for interactive use, largely because I prefer using its ``r'' options to repeat previous commands to the csh and bash ``!''. Bill -- INTERNET: bill@Celestial.COM Bill Campbell; Celestial Systems, Inc. UUCP: camco!bill PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way FAX: (206) 232-9186 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820; (206) 236-1676 URL: http://www.celestial.com/ ``If the government can take a man's money without his consent, there is no limit to the additional tyranny it may practise upon him; for, with his money, it can hire soldiers to stand over him, keep him in subjection, plunder him at discretion, and kill him if he resists.'' Lysander Spooner, 1852
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