Bash or Zsh

reddazz · 05-26-2005, 10:29 AM

I'm just wondering which shell you guys prefer and why. I have been playing round with zsh and I enjoy using it because I think it has better command completion compared to bash.

cs-cam · 05-26-2005, 06:31 PM

Bash, cause I'm still to newbie to go trying to change the shell

mrcheeks · 05-26-2005, 06:46 PM

I used to like zsh but i prefer tcsh. zsh has a lot more features than bash, if you are hesitating between bash and zsh, then go for zsh. The syntax is similar to bash anyway, export var=xxx.

reddazz · 05-27-2005, 01:58 AM

I am currently test driving it and so far I am impressed. Does tcsh have command completion coz I have noticed that csh doesn't (correct me if I am wrong).

mrcheeks · 05-27-2005, 04:39 AM

tcsh and csh do have command completion i source the completion file /etc/complete.sh(the location could be different on other distros) to have it.

here is my old tcshrc in Debian

Code:

# aliases
alias la	'ls -la'
alias df	'df -H'
alias cls	'clear'
alias lo	'clear && logout'
alias lsc	'ls -hs'
alias free     'free -m'
alias utz	'tar zxvf'
alias utj	'tar jxvf'
alias cd.	'cd ..'
alias cd..	'cd ../..'
alias cd...	'cd ../../..'
alias cd....	'cd ../../../..'
alias ls	 'ls --color=auto'

# environment variables
setenv PAGER		              less
setenv EDITOR		             vim
setenv BLOCKSIZE	          M
setenv WWW_HOME		     'http://google.com'
setenv LANG		              en_US
setenv JAVA_HOME                 /usr/lib/j2sdk1.5-sun

limit coredumpsize 0

set nobeep

#unset autologout

set path = (/usr/local/bin /usr/bin /bin /usr/bin/X11 /usr/games $HOME/bin)

if ($?tcsh && $?prompt) then

	bindkey "\e[1~" beginning-of-line # Home
	bindkey "\e[7~" beginning-of-line # Home rxvt
	bindkey "\e[2~" overwrite-mode    # Ins
	bindkey "\e[3~" delete-char       # Delete
	bindkey "\e[4~" end-of-line       # End
	bindkey "\e[8~" end-of-line       # End rxvt

        # completion stuff
	set autoexpand
	set autolist
	source /etc/complete.tcsh

	set prompt = "%{\033[32m%}${USER}%{\033[0m%}@%m %{\033[35m%}(%~)%{\033[0m%} # "

endif

reddazz · 05-27-2005, 08:16 AM

I see, I will have to try out tcsh sometime soon.