kenc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (03/24/91)
On the never ending search for another shelll....*sigh* I d/led the sources for CLAM, but can't compile it, as it asks for a file 'header.h'....anyone have this lying around? Also, can someone explain the differences between Berkely make, and Minix make? I have sources for another shell called rc. (unshar wouldn't unpack it properly, I had to sh rc.shar it...8()...) Anyway, when I 'make' in that directory, it tells me 'no targets listed on line ###' or some such. I played arond with the Makefile, but to no avail.... What is BASH like? Should I get it? Does it offer much improvement over the default bin/sh? (If nothing else, a history mechanism, so I don't have to retype a 60 character line, due to one mistake in typing.....UGH!) I got spoiled by 'alias' at work. Is there any shell for Minix that provides this? -- | Ken Corey aka... kenc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu | | "We MUST succeed, otherwise we run the risk of failure...." | | -Dan Quayle |
paradis@acestes.UUCP (Jim Paradis) (03/26/91)
In article <1991Mar24.121842.45883@vaxb.acs.unt.edu> kenc@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes: >What is BASH like? I'd say that it combines the interactive capabilities of tcsh with the programming capabilities of Bourne shell. Some would call this the best of both worlds 8-) >Should I get it? Depends... I certainly like it! >Does it offer much improvement over the default bin/sh? Depends what you mean by "improvement" 8-) It has lots more features, but then again it also takes up lots more memory. Don't even think of trying it unless you have a 386 or 68000... I couldn't imagine trying to shoehorn it into 64K+64K except by removing so many features that it turns back into good old /bin/sh again 8-) >(If nothing else, a history mechanism, so I don't have to >retype a 60 character line, due to one mistake in typing.....UGH!) BASH is like tcsh in this regard... you can use "!" commands to recall history events, and you can also use emacs-style commands to page through the history list and edit the current command line. I use BASH on my MINIX box at home and csh on my ULTRIX box at work... I have very little trouble switching from one to the other (which is more than I can say for switching from csh to sh!). It's getting to the point, though, where I like BASH so much I just might port it to the ULTRIX box 8-) -- Jim Paradis UUCP: harvard!m2c!jjmhome!acestes!paradis 9 Carlstad St. AT&T: (508) 792-3810 Worcester, MA 01607-1569 ICBM: 42deg 13' 52", 71deg 47' 51"