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set SHELL=/bin/ksh - Made the korn shell the shell language
echo $SHELL - Show which shell you are using
exec tcsh - Load up the t-cshell, then up uparrows to see history
- and use arrow, backspace and etc to edit command lines
psh - reload the menu shell (mail, vacation msg, etc.)
exec ksh - Load up the korn shell
set -o vi - sets the vi editor as the command line editor
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Here's an excellant idea about changing the cshell to
The t-schell "
retains the path information and reads .cshrc and
.login but adds up arrow and other (tab
completion) features that the c-shell does not have.
There are two ways use tcsh...one is to invoke
tcsh when needed and keep the menu shell...the
other is to change your login shell to tcsh.
1. Use tcsh when needed but keep the menu login
shell (psh)
shell out to homer (S) then invoke tcsh:
homer% exec tcsh
then exit to leave it
and exit again to return to the menu
2. Change your login shell to tcsh
Set your login shell to tcsh:
from the homer shell run
chsh (change shell):
homer22% chsh
Changing login shell for You.
Old shell: /usr/local/bin/psh
New shell: /usr/local/bin/tcsh
Then if you need to use the menu shell
invoke it from the shell prompt:
homer% psh
see the man page for tcsh for details:
man tcsh
Let me know if this does not address your
needs or you have questions.
thanks,
B. J. - C&C Client Services
206-543-2877 015A Mary Gates Hall Box 352830
http://www.washington.edu/computing