Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:27:35 -0800 From: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?D=E1nielisz_L=E1szl=F3?= <laszlo_danielisz@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Rolf G Nielsen <lazlar@lazlarlyricon.com> Subject: Re: bash script question Message-ID: <20091201232735.GB99059@thought.org> In-Reply-To: <20091201231033.1d07ad59.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <560275.79074.qm@web30808.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <4B15774A.5040700@lazlarlyricon.com> <20091201224210.15ab009d.freebsd@edvax.de> <20091201214554.GA98830@thought.org> <20091201231033.1d07ad59.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 11:10:33PM +0100, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 13:45:55 -0800, Gary Kline <kline@thought.org> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > Here's a bash-related question, kind-of. Is there any way to > > automagically run my .csrhc thru a script and wind up with a > > bash script? > > csh and (ba)sh use dufferent syntax and variable names. > But you could write an easy "search and replace" translator > for the .cshrc settings, which are mostly > > alias foo = 'bar' > set var = value > setenv envvar = value > > but for some of them, there's no bash equivalent (e. g. > set promptchars and set promt in cshrc, but PS1 in bash). > > I'm not aware of an already existing mechanism that does > this. Running one shell from the other doesn't transport > most of the settings. > Ah, Polyt to the rescue. I already have things like setenv aliased to ksh/zsh/borne-again/ and probably even /bin/sh || /bin/ash. I thought that especially bash was still persnikity. It used to be centuries ago, so I just stuck with zsh. Another deal was that I rarely use root, so it didn't worth it. But now, sweating the End of Days, yup. I'll see if vim can come to the resuce. thankee. gary > > > > -- > Polytropon > Magdeburg, Germany > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 > Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... -- Gary Kline kline@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php
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