Shell Scripting

[Paul Civati]

"P.A.Osborne" <P.A.Osborne at ukc.ac.uk> wrote:

> Sorry to sound picky but csh is really a bit brain dead for
> scripting.  I have had so many scripts fail under csh but
> work fine under sh.

That'd be because C-shell (csh) syntax is totally different from
bourne shell (sh).

> Try it under sh.

This why people who want extended sh scripting functionality use the
bourne shell alike korn shell (ksh) instead.

-Paul-