Appendix B. Comparison of the Shells
The Shells Compared
Feature | Bourne | C | TC | Korn | Bash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aliases | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Advanced Pattern Matching | no | no | no | yes | yes |
Command-Line Editing | no | no | yes | yes[*] | yes |
Directory Stacks ( | no | yes | yes | no | yes |
Filename Completion | no | yes[*] | yes | yes | yes |
Functions | yes | no | no | yes | yes |
History | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Job Control | no | yes | yes | yes | yes |
Key Binding | no | no | yes | no | yes |
Prompt Formatting | no | no | yes | no | yes |
Spelling Correction | no | no | yes[*] | no | yes[†] |
[*] not a default setting; must be set by the user. [†] | |||||
tcsh versus csh
The TC shell (tcsh) is an enhanced version of the Berkeley C shell (csh). Listed here are some of the new features.
An enhanced history mechanism
A built-in command line editor ...
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