Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 21:28:15 -0600 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Adam <adam@jamradar.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why reccomend Bash shell? Message-ID: <41C100CF.9050205@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <005a01c4e31c$efc4d460$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR> References: <005a01c4e31c$efc4d460$0200a8c0@PANASONIULSWMR>
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Adam wrote: >In Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" he reccomends changing >the default shell for users to bash shell. -p. 94 > >What are the Pro's/Con's of using bash as opposed to the other shells? > >Thanks, >Adam > > I like a .30-06 for deer, antelope, etc, .762[mm] for terrorists, and a .340 Weatherby magnum for big game (cape buffalo, elephant, etc, where legal). The Weatherby is also great for moose and elk with a Nosler 210 gg. partition bullet and a good high-velocity powder. :-D Now, seriously, are you trying to start a jihad? And didn't Grog explain himself --- curious, if not... Bash is an improvement on sh; tcsh is an improvement on csh, and there are others, generally spawned when someone wanted to add a feature or steal one from someone else. # man sh # man csh # man bash (if it's installed) # man tcsh #lynx http://www.google.com/ # echo "Don't start holy wars!" | mail -s "Just a little advice" adam@jamradar.com My $0.02, ;-) Kevin Kinsey
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