I've been using the O'Reilly books "Learning the Korn Shell" and
"Learning the Bash Shell". For years I've been trying to replace them
with another reference, without much luck. I have annotated my
dead-tree copies with the differences between them. Many paragraphs
are identical between the two.

Haven't been using them as much as I did in my first sh-scripting
years, so maybe not searching as vigorously as I might.

Most striking difference between ksh and bash is how/when the ENV
script (kshrc and bashrc) is sourced in, and what script sourcing is
automatic vs explicit. Always confusing when switching between them.

I started with csh for my command shell, but wrote my scripts with sh.
Wish Perl had been more available at the time; the scripts would have
been much easier to write (and read).

--Don Ellis


On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Ben Raber <[email protected]> wrote:
> I love autocd you just type the name of a directory and it will change into 
> it for you.
> ________________________________________
> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Robert 
> Citek [[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 6:36 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [cwelug] Which Shell Is Right for You? Shell Comparison
>
> Is anyone here using zsh?  Which "must-have" feature are you using
> that is missing from bash?
>
> Regards,
> - Robert
>
> On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:50 AM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.math.iitb.ac.in/resources/manuals/Unix_Unleashed/Vol_1/ch13.htm
>>
>> Excellent discussion/comparison.
>

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