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/etc/passwd shows bash SHELL, but my terminal starts up in csh
I'm trying to determine what is setting the shell to csh when open a terminal and log in.
From the information I've read, the default shell is set in /etc/passwd, and I see an entry in the /etc/passwd ...
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recursive history search for tcsh shell
In bash shell, i generally use CTRL+R to fuzzy search a command that i executed recently.
However the same doesn't seem to work for tcsh or csh shells.
I want to understand if/how to do the same ...
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How to pass a variable to a sed command in a csh script?
Unix & Sed noob here!
I have a requirement where I need to put a suffix ",waive" in case a line in a report containing a matching string.The matching string is part of another file "...
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How can correct these lines of sh script to avoid "syntax error: unexpected end of file"
#!/bin/sh
init=step5_input
rest_prefix=step5_input
mini_prefix=step6.0_minimization
equi_prefix=step6.%d_equilibration
prod_prefix=step7_production
prod_step=step7
# Minimization
gmx grompp -f ${...
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while command not working when bash script is sourced in tcsh?
I had made a bash shell script which include while command but when I run the script using source command on terminal, it gives a syntax error message.
I need to use source because I have to set the ...
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How to source a script code (set a variable) from another shell?
I tried to use FreeBSD.
The FreeBSD root user uses csh by default.
user@freebsd-13:~ $ echo $SHELL
/bin/csh
I know that setting a variable via $() does not work in csh.
root@freebsd-13:~ # export ...
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C-shell prompt color
I wan to change the color of my csh shell. I've edited my .cshrc file, following the instruction I've found here, and included this in it:
set yellow="%{\033[1;33m%}"
set end="%{\...
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How to check if the set variable has a file assigned to it with the help of if condition
#!/bin/csh -fx
set my_path = "/cd/home/dir"
cd $my_path
set path1 = `ls -1 | grep "abc" | head -1`
set path2 = `ls -1 | grep "def" | head -1`
1)#how to check if path1 ...
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call a .csh file from .sh file
Can I call a .csh script file from .sh shell script file?
For example, I have a.sh, b.csh. Can I call b.csh in a.sh file? If so, how?
I have tried writing this is ash file
variable= source /path/to/b....
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why tcsh script choke on special characters inside file eg. #{ on a line is giving missing "}" error
I'm using tcsh shell script to read each line of a file input.txt
script
#!/bin/tcsh
set out_file_length=`wc -l<$1`
set i=1
while ( $i <= $out_file_length )
set each_line = `head -$i input....
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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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Find and print permissions command in a csh file
Trying to create a .csh file that can find and display permission of the files in the directory.
Using the following content of the script
#!/bin/csh -b
find . type -f \( -name "*.sh" -o -name "*....
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How can I dynamically change a path in my aliases?
I have a bunch of aliases in my .cshrc file which use the path:
/projects/project_name/my_name/$CLIENT
I've written a short script which is intended to take a folder name from my working directory ...
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Which of the following commands created a bash subshell
Which of the following commands created a bash subshell?
bash
bsh
csh
None of the above
This question asked in recent exam and i was unable to answer. Can any one give me right ...
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How to use if on csh FreeBSD from test if file is older then X minutes
I have the following code working in Debian system's:
for File in "${Files[@]}"; do
if test "`find $FolderDownload/$File -cmin -190`" ; then
echo "File is new then 3 hours"
# Set ...
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