Linux Rocks wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 03:05:12PM -0700, Sean-Paul Rees wrote:
> > No. bash (your head in against the wall) blows chunks. Real UNIX admins
> > use tcsh or zsh, everything else is sub-par.
>
> tcsh is an improved csh, but why not just use a full featured shell like
> bash?
>
> zsh is good if you want to be different. Lots of features, but bash has
> more features than I need.
tcsh and bash are close to each other in functionality. bash has more
features than tcsh in some areas, and tcsh also has a few more features
over bash. zsh has all the features of both shells and then some.
As for real UNIX admins, most of the ones I see using real Unix (!Linux)
are using the C shell (on BSD variants) or the Korn shell (SYSV
variants).
Sean
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