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Old 25th November 2008
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Originally Posted by vigol View Post
+ [T]?CSH ( & in some rarely cases : SH)
As much as I love TCSH for my login shell (interactive use), I probably wouldn't use it for any serious shell scripting (though it will work for a simple quick and dirty - one time use - script).

I think someone posted here the link to why (t)csh isn't a good choice for shell scripting. But here's one reason off the top of my head - portability. Not a problem if you are the only one going to use it, but if you want to distribute your script you have a much higher probability of it being able to run with (ba)sh than with (t)csh (though, in all honesty I can't imagine a modern desktop install not having at least one variant of sh, csh, and ksh).
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