>at the risk of making a three-sided flame war, i don't particularly
>like either one.  i think csh is the best command-line shell, but
>even though sh is better for programming i prefer tclsh.  it has
>separated globbing out of the evaluation process and supports
>any kind of string in its list syntax, making it much easier to,
>say, handle arbitrary directory contents.  (try handling a file
>named "!how'$them*there apples" in csh or sh.)

>tcl has more built-in
>string/list manipulators; in sh and csh you have to start horrific
>pipelines to do simple things like downcase, figure out the
>next version number, insert to or search a list...

>tcl has useable arrays.

>tcl syntax is -much- easier than sh and csh.  (and P*L and R*X...)

>sh has only about two real advantages over tclsh:
>signal support, and you can assume it exists.

>there.  i promise that's all about it i'll dump on this mailing list.
>(personal-mail debate always welcome ;)


>--
>Hume Smith   <hclsmith@isisnet.com>   NetBSD r00lz :)


>Real Americans don't carry cash.  Their police may steal it.



How about bash ???

It has sh, csh  & ksh features build in.

And command line completion / substitution.

Since I use is (about 4 years now) I can't live without it.


Jeroen