begin quoting Todd Walton as of Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 07:18:31PM -0500: > I'm learning to use FreeBSD, and the default shell is kinda bugging > me. I think it's csh. I'm not a programmer. I'm pretty good with > bash though. For some reason, this shell isn't autocompleting for me. > Not like I'm used to anyway. It only autocompletes if there's one > possible completion candidate.
Are you using tab or ESC for auto-complete? If you're using tab, you're probably using tcsh, and there's probably a setting to where you can configure the behavior according to your preferences. There's a lot of configurability there. > Anyway, if I'm diving into BSD, should I learn to use a new shell? Is > there any worth in that? I'm not really interested in learning a new > shell for manliness reasons. There'd have to be some intellectual > payoff. Should I break out of my shell? If you're looking for a payoff in learning a new shell, go to zsh. If you're looking to expand your horizons away from bash, use tcsh. Using csh is like using sh -- for purposes of scripting or base functionality only. -- What is the smallest (system footprint) "nice" scripting language anyway? Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
