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what is the csh equivalent of set -xv?

I have a rather long csh script that doesnt work, or doesnt work properly. in bash I would do set -xv to get verbose logging. what can I do in cshell? I tried adding set -xv it complained that - isnt ...
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csh/tcsh Tab Completion with "complete = enhance" Strange Behavior

set complete = enhance is put in .cshrc, and we have two files, test_ab_dd.c and test_abc_dd.c. If I type test_ab_<TAB> in the command line, csh DOES NOT autocomplete to test_ab_dd.c. It ...
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How to enable double tab autocompletion list in csh?

I've worked in Linux before where when I press tab it autocompletes until it becomes ambiguous. If I pressed tab twice at that point it would give me a list of all possible completions. My current ...
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How can I clear portion of what is typed into the prompt while working on Linux and using C-shell?

I am working in Linux and C-shell. Often times I would require to change some portion of what is there already in the prompt that I obtain from reverse searching through the history command by use of ...
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Can I see in history output from which directory I had actually issued a command?

CTRL+R allows me to reverse search through the command history which is great but can I also find out from which directory that command was run? I am using C-shell in Linux.
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Can't remove same folder name twice

I have a folder called - bin , then I remove it by rm bin , re-create it and when I want to remove it again by rm bin the shell promts - /bin/mv: cannot move `bin/' to `/u/y2010/zarnihu/../...
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stderr redirection not working in csh

I run the following command: pkg_add emacs-23.4,2.tbz 2> output.log The output still displays in the terminal. When I press ↑, I get pkg_add emacs-23.4,2.tbz 2 > output.log with a space ...
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