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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!nntp.uio.no!news.apfel.de!fu-berlin.de!news.gtn.com!news.netuse.de!123.org!not-for-mail From: k@123.org (Kai Voigt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: shells Date: 14 Feb 1997 07:48:29 +0100 Organization: 123.org - Die kleinste Domain der Welt Lines: 29 Sender: k@abc.123.org Message-ID: <5e11rt$ff@abc.123.org> References: <5dum9s$e1o@newsgate.duke.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: abc.123.org X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35699 cgl@acpub.duke.edu (Cameron Lampley) writes: >Why in God's name are there no decent shells included in the >standard FreeBSD distribution. What idiot would use csh or sh. >Everybody knows it all bash and tcsh these days. Of course >getting the port is simple enough, but even that is very painful >with no command history and no filename completion. Ha, csh >what kind of shit is that. Get with the program FreeBSD. Run the rest of this article as a script: #!/bin/sh echo "I should be polite when asking for help." cd /usr/ports/shells/bash echo "I'm an idiot myself." make install echo "I should read the FAQ before posting." cd /usr/ports/shells/tcsh echo "I'm a nasty boy." make install echo "I promise to behave well in future." exit Kai -- Kai Voigt, Gerhardstraße 97, D-24105 Kiel, +49 431 82678 "Ich bin verliebt in eine Metzgerin, obwohl ich Vegetarier bin. Ich lieb Tiere, Du schneidest sie in Scheiben, trotzdem kann ich Dich gut leiden." -- I 2001