Questions tagged [csh]
The C shell (csh), once one of the two major Unix shells with the Bourne shell. Csh had more advanced interactive feature but has been surpassed by modern Bourne-style shells such as zsh and bash.
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comprehensive csh to bash translation [closed]
Is there a comprehensive dictionary to translate csh -> bash? I find many questions and answers which give piecemeal answers, but I'd like a comprehensive dictionary. I do understand that word ...
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Problem in reading text file into array in csh
I have a text file that looks like this -
1 29 12
1 22 17
1 20 43
1 48 30
1 3 0
1 21 25
1 18 9
1 14 1
1 44 45
1 52 26
1 NaN 27
1 13 46
1 5 37
1 34 23
1 39 40
whose columns I want to store into ...
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Last login command, alias in csh
In the C shell, how can we display the login history of a particular user using an alias in such a way that the user only enters the alias name and the number of lines to be displayed without typing ...
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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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need to compare 3 variables and need to print highest of those three variables
set func_ssgnp_0p675v_m40c_typical_Ccworst_R2R_WNS = `grep -i Reg2Reg $tile/../sta/func/sta-max-func-ssgnp_0p675v_m40c_typical_Ccworst/reports/pba_proc_qor.rpt | awk '{print $2}'`
set ...
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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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How to store multiple files in an array
I am using the split command in cshell to split a file into smaller files. Since the split command names the output files xaa,xab,xac.... i have to rename them. I want to store the split commands ...
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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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I'm using bash on Debian 11. But how may I open a Bourne, Korn or C-Shell if I am willing to?
I am reading a book speaking about Bourne Shell (the ancestor of bash = Bourne-Again Shell I'm currently using), Korn Shell and C-Shell.
I was curious, and willing to experience them.
On a bash ...
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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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ssh session exits when cd command fails
I connect to a remote host using ssh. After connecting, if a cd command fails like below, my ssh connection exits right away. How can I prevent this from happening?
scott@mac % ssh remotehost
Last ...
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In tcsh, how can I keep '{' '}' in assigning a variable?
I am making a simple shell script using the tcsh shell.
I assigned a variable as a command to use later.
But brackets within single quotes disappear.
set aaa = "test '10' '{}' ' " ; echo $...
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Use the parent directory from the symlink instead of where the directory actually resides on the filesystem
So let's set up the context. Two paths:
/some/very/convoluted/path/name/the-wanted-directory
/myhome
I create a symbolic link in /myhome and then cd into it:
/myhome $ ln -s /some/very/convoluted/path/...
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using 2 alias together in cshell terminal
lets say I have 2 aliases, each having multiple arguments.
It looks somewhat like below example
alias s1 "command1 -a -b -c"
alias s2 "command2 -d -e -f"
now if I run :s1 s2 in ...
