Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 00:45:16 +0100 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sh/csh example scripts Message-ID: <20011203004516.C2208@raggedclown.net> In-Reply-To: <06wv06p8fm.v06@localhost.localdomain> References: <200112012319.PAA00437@idk.com> <06wv06p8fm.v06@localhost.localdomain>
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On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 08:11:57PM -0800, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > Tony <tony@idk.com> writes: > > > I am trying to learn writing shell scripts. > > That's the best way to learn shell script writing. > > > What I am looking for is 1 (or more) that has a lot of examples... > > This shell command will find many examples: > > locate . | grep "\.[c]*sh$" > > This will find more: > > find / | xargs egrep "^#!/bin/(csh|sh)" > There are also squillions of books... Be aware there are many shells. Basically there are Bourne Shell 'derivatives', sh (vanilla and BSD), ksh (Korn shell, sh + many extras), bash (sh + ksh + many extras), zsh (not very well known but reputed to be the bees-knees of all shells) Then there is 'csh' which ---> tcsh. Tcsh and Bash are probably the two to choose from for interactive use. The "(t)csh" is generally considered to be a very bad choice for scripts due to it's arcane complexity. For interactive use tcsh/bash offer much the same facilities but are different enough to be a pain. -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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