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Xref: sserve comp.unix.user-friendly:2877 comp.unix.solaris:23069 comp.unix.programmer:20071 comp.unix.misc:13906 comp.unix.aux:15556 comp.unix.bsd:14889 comp.unix.aix:44187 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!ihnp4.ucsd.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!cs.utexas.edu!news.tamu.edu!slx0!ron From: ron@slx0.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Ron J Theriault) Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix Subject: Re: Shell Wars (Was: Re: xargs and alias commands) Date: 12 Sep 1994 15:24:30 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, TX Lines: 25 Sender: ron@slx0 (Ron J Theriault) Distribution: inet Message-ID: <351rre$bb5@news.tamu.edu> References: <33af70$8rd@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> <33e3kt$i1i@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <CHRISB.94Aug29144419@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <34022k$4lu@news.cerf.net> <CHRISB.94Sep2111736@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <mrg.778672248@dynamo> <CHRISB.94Sep5125336@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <mrg.778904672@dynamo> <CHRISB.94Sep8145439@wombat.cssc-syd.tansu.com.au> <3616@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov> NNTP-Posting-Host: slx0.cs.tamu.edu In article <3616@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>, jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski) writes: |> Seems to me that the best shell for a person is the shell that does most |> of what that person wants... |> |> If people use and are comfortable with tcsh or bash or ksh, well, that's |> all that matters. |> -- |> #include <std/disclaimer.h> |> | Jim Jagielski | jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov | V: 301 286-5964 | |> | NASA/GSFC, Code 734.4 | Greenbelt, MD 20771 | F: 301 286-1719 | |> << I want my TWO DOLLARS !! >> |> -- The paperboy Of course, the best shell for a user is not necessarily the same as the best default shell for root, or for system admin scripts. The Bourne shell is most likely to be present on any u*x system you might need to port a script to, and most likely to be statically linked, which is handy if pieces of the dynamic linker have gone down in flames. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Theriault | The sky is filled CS Department | With good and bad Texas A&M Univ. | That mortals never know. ron@cs.tamu.edu | -Led Zep