Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 11:05:02 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: why we don't mess with root's shell: Re: Need help with Root shell? Message-ID: <3753B04E.D16F9B99@uk.radan.com> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990528195809.26200A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu>
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Annelise Anderson wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 May 1999, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 28, 1999 at 01:24:25PM -0700, Annelise Anderson wrote:
> > > Suppose FreeBSD were to provide as a default shell for root and
> > > for users something with a few more features than sh and csh--
> > > filename completion, command recall and editing, a prompt easy
> > > to configure to tell you who you are and where you are.
> > >
> >
> > Which one of those features does csh(1) *not* have?
>
> It does not have all of them. :)
>
Oh yes it does :-)
<ESC> for filename completion (and Ctrl-D for listing possible
matches).
recall and editing:
% !3:s/foo/bar
see man csh
prompt (add the alias to your ~/.cshrc):
% alias cd 'cd \!*;set prompt="`whoami`@`hostname`:`pwd`{\!}% "'
% cd /var/log
marko@marder-1:/var/log{23}%
> AA
>
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