Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

2020-10-20 Thread Tony van der Hoff
On 20/10/2020 15:51, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. so, hijacking a thread instead? :-) -- Tony van der Hoff| mailto:t...@vanderhoff.org Buckinghamshire, England |

Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

2020-10-20 Thread Nicolas George
rhkra...@gmail.com (12020-10-20): > Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. Then you could just omit it. > I am always impressed with Greg's knowledge of the Bash shell (maybe all > shells), but, wow, Bash seems like a convoluted mess to keep track of all th

Re: shells (was Re: Zoom.)

2020-10-20 Thread rhkramer
Top posting intentionally as I don't think any (or much) context is required. I am always impressed with Greg's knowledge of the Bash shell (maybe all shells), but, wow, Bash seems like a convoluted mess to keep track of all the little details / gotchas. Is there a shell that is better in that

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-28 Thread Tom Furie
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 10:37:09PM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > informations. With apt-cache if I am running my debian, or with > http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=foobar if I am not using A shortcut for this is http://packages.debian.org/ Cheers, Tom -- The flow char

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-11-27 at 22:37 +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > > > I tried google, but without more keywords, "rc" was too little to > > search. > > When I search for a package's description, I first use debian's > informations. With apt-cache if I am running my debian, or with > h

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 03:43:00PM -0300, Beco wrote: > I tried google, but without more keywords, "rc" was too little to search. Good point, sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Ar

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread berenger . morel
I tried google, but without more keywords, "rc" was too little to search. When I search for a package's description, I first use debian's informations. With apt-cache if I am running my debian, or with http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=foobar if I am not using it. The 2nd is really

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Beco
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:17:50PM -0300, Beco wrote: >> Never heard of it. What is "rc"? > > A shell. It's packaged in Debian, oddly enough in package 'rc'. > May I suggest you try "apt-cache show rc", or google? > Thanks! I tried google, b

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 7:17 AM, Beco wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: >> On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:53:30PM +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >>> People can use other things than bash, I do not see the problem. And I >>> think that someday I'll try zsh or csh. When I'll

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:17:50PM -0300, Beco wrote: > Never heard of it. What is "rc"? A shell. It's packaged in Debian, oddly enough in package 'rc'. May I suggest you try "apt-cache show rc", or google? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "uns

Re: shells (was Re: About standards Was: Re: Debian Installer 7.0 Beta4 release)

2012-11-27 Thread Beco
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Jon Dowland wrote: > On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 12:53:30PM +0100, "Morel Bérenger" wrote: >> People can use other things than bash, I do not see the problem. And I >> think that someday I'll try zsh or csh. When I'll have the time :D > > You should go really left-fiel

Re: Shells

2003-02-10 Thread Rob Weir
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 11:04:31PM +0100, Thorsten Haude wrote: > Hi, > > * Radek Zajkowski [Deb] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-09 22:42]: > >I'm using the bash shell, but in the package list in dselect it lists korn > >and zsh as loaded as well. Can I just unistall them or does my system needs > >

Re: Shells

2003-02-09 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * Radek Zajkowski [Deb] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-02-09 22:42]: >I'm using the bash shell, but in the package list in dselect it lists korn >and zsh as loaded as well. Can I just unistall them or does my system needs >them anyway? I doubt you would need either one, but I recommend Zsh over th

Re: Shells

2001-03-09 Thread kmself
on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:19:15PM -0600, Rob Zietlow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > but only about 5 pages worth and only gives extreme basics I

Re: Shells

2001-03-06 Thread Romain Lerallut
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, will trillich wrote: > On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:19:15PM -0600, Rob Zietlow wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > > but only about 5 pages worth a

Re: Shells

2001-03-06 Thread will trillich
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 10:19:15PM -0600, Rob Zietlow wrote: > Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > but only about 5 pages worth and only gives extreme basics you can snoop through

Re: Shells

2001-03-06 Thread Jonas Moberg
> Does anyone know of a good website that teaches and gives good examples for > programming Shell scripts in bash? I have some in one of my Linux books, > but only about 5 pages worth and only gives extreme basics Heiner's SHELLdorado at http://www.oase-shareware.org/shell/ should be a good start

Re: Shells in /usr/bin?

1998-05-04 Thread Noel Yap
Asher Haig wrote: > > Why are the shells from .deb packages put in /usr/bin? Shells are generally > kept in /bin to the extent of my knowledge... I believe you are not entirely correct: bash is kept in /bin. /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/bash. csh is also in /bin, although this is a symlink to /