Goals for this Hour
In this hour, you learn
How to turn on the C shell and Korn shell history mechanism
How to use csh history and ksh history to cut down on typing
About command aliases in the C and Korn shells
Some power aliases for csh
How to set custom prompts
How to create simple shell scripts
This hour focuses on two key facets of the C and Korn shells: the history mechanism and the command alias capability. I guarantee that within a few minutes of learning about these two functions, you will be certain that you couldn't have survived as happily in UNIX without them. There are three ways to ensure that you don't enter commands more than once: csh history enables you to repeat previous commands without reentering them, an alias enables you to ...
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