From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 6 18:33:07 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 10CD1106564A for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:33:07 +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 DB4D88FC0C for ; Sun, 6 Jun 2010 18:33:06 +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 1OLKXY-0003yY-Dj for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:25:45 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sun, 06 Jun 2010 11:32:58 -0700 Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 11:32:58 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20100606183258.GC46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100605231715.GD69990@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100606163136.GA27788@guilt.hydra> <20100606175043.GA46089@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <20100606182148.GB28095@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100606182148.GB28095@guilt.hydra> 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: Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:33:07 -0000 On Jun 06 2010 12:21, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sun, Jun 06, 2010 at 10:50:43AM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > On Jun 06 2010 10:31, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 05, 2010 at 04:17:15PM -0700, Chip Camden wrote: > > > > > > > > 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. > > > > > > Do you use that as your interactive shell, for scripting, or both? > > > > Interactive only. For scripting, I stick to sh unless it gets too complex -- > > then I jump to Ruby. > > I'm curious about why you prefer zsh for an interactive shell. What zsh > features would you miss if you used tcsh instead (what I've been using)? > > I'm always willing to be convinced to try something better. > I was a tcsh user before switching to zsh. But I was raised on the Bourne Shell, and used Korn shell a lot in the 90s. The C-shell versions of control flow commands always tripped me up, even though they're arguably more sane -- just because the sh versions flow off the fingertips. So sh-compatibility was my main reason, but I like the features of csh that zsh cherry-picked. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | camdensoftware.com | chipstips.com | chipsquips.com