From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: usotsuki@buric.co (Steve Nickolas) Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2016 12:35:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [TUHS] Origin year of BSD csh? In-Reply-To: <20160627162237.GB3353@mercury.ccil.org> References: <201606261014.u5QAE1qX015184@skeeve.com> <5770032F.8030306@mhorton.net> <20160626181450.GK26734@mcvoy.com> <18119E4C-CE7E-44BD-B2D2-D7B32850238F@ronnatalie.com> <20160627112732.GA8110@autechre4> <20160627162237.GB3353@mercury.ccil.org> Message-ID: On Mon, 27 Jun 2016, John Cowan wrote: > Sven Mascheck scripsit: > >> 3. History. It seems to me that the csh history mechanism is >> mostly a response to the deficiencies of UNIX terminal I/O. >> Those of you running 4.2 BSD should try out atty (which I am >> posting to the net at the same time as ash) and see if you >> still want history." > > I personally could not live without !!, ^foo^bar, !foo, etc. Same. That's a big reason why I still use bash even though ksh is faster and lighter and otherwise works just as well. -uso.