I use tcsh and I have bash ??????

grizos · 11-20-2005, 07:58 AM

#echo $SHELL
/usr/bin/tcsh

#source .cshrc

bash: alias: fping: not found
bash: alias: ping -c 1 -t 1 \!* | grep icmp_seq: not found
bash: alias: duh: not found
bash: alias: du -sch: not found
bash: .cshrc: line 13: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: .cshrc: line 13: `set path = (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin)'

how can this happen?

nukkel · 11-20-2005, 09:47 AM

Check /etc/passwd, see if your default shell is set to /bin/bash or to /usr/bin/tcsh.

Also, check .cshrc, if it starts with a line like "#!/bin/bash" or "#!/bin/sh" it might be executed by sh or bash instead of tcsh.

ahedler · 11-21-2005, 09:50 PM

Since bash is reporting the errors, it looks likely that either your shell is set to bash, or the .cshrc has /bin/bash specified up top, as nukkel mentioned. If it has nothing specified, you should make the first line say "#!/usr/bin/tcsh" to ensure that the proper shell processes it.

If your shell (as specified in /etc/passwd) is not set to /usr/bin/tcsh, however, your .cshrc will never get read, except perhaps when you invoke the tcsh shell manually or source the file as you did above.

-Alan