Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 03:53:43 -0500 (EST) From: Tom Huppi <thuppi@huppi.com> To: vijayendra gadgil <vijayendra.gadgil@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shell Games Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.58.0412310336440.39721@nuumen.pair.com> In-Reply-To: <afa60d2404123100235580cb3f@mail.gmail.com> References: <49B5BEF2.7CCF22F4.0F75C5EC@netscape.net> <1104458982.622.3.camel@chaucer> <F2007F7E-5AD6-11D9-BAFF-000D932D61F0@ohko.org> <afa60d2404123100235580cb3f@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2004, vijayendra gadgil wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 00:30:16 -0500 (EST), Tom Huppi <thuppi@huppi.com> wrote:
<snip>
> > FWIW, I've always used 'tcsh' interactively, but almost switched a
> > while back out of disgust at not being able to figure out how to
> > get a one-line foreach/{do_something}/end loop (which would allow
> > me to re-run a complex command easily.)
>
> I would recommend 'ksh' it does the tasks of both 'csh' and 'sh' with
> advanced programming features, check out http://www.kornshell.com/
As it happens, my attempts to do this one-liner with 'tcsh' were a
direct result of watching someone who used 'ksh'. I thought it
probable that 'bash' also could accomplish this feat (and maybe
'tcsh' also if I could figure it out.) Anyone know?
IIRC, I solved the immediate issue with either find/-exec, or a
ubiquitous and simple utility called 'checksed' (and it's friends.)
After that, I ran out of incentive to change shells :)
This being the newbies list, I should like to mention that I've
found both 'find' and 'checksed/runsed' to be really useful over
the years. They are two things that I have been happy to have
spend the effort necessary to learn what they are and their basic
usage.
Thanks,
- Tom
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