On Fri, Aug 29, 2025 at 16:35:30 +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > ps: you should probably try bash - it is mostly finger compatible with > csh (which is why I switched sometime in the 80's) but being based on > a rational overall design (the Bourne shell syntax) is in general much > easier, and in particular, has functions --- in bash (or any sh variant) > you wouldn't use an alias (even though (simple) aliases exist, there's > really no good reason to use them)
Hear, hear. I switched from csh to bash when I moved to SysV from 2.9BSD and I still have a cargo-cult command number in my prompt, though I haven't used a number-based history in a couple of decades. But I still use type-ahead !! or !? from time to time. :) -uwe
