Why reccomend Bash shell?

[Tim Aslat]

In the immortal words of "Adam" <adam at jamradar.com>...
> In Greg Lehey's book "The Complete FreeBSD" he reccomends changing the
> default shell for users to bash shell. -p. 94

Because that is his shell of choice.  I prefer to use TCSH for the same
reason.  

> What are the Pro's/Con's of using bash as opposed to the other shells?

It depends entirely on what you are used to, both are good at what they
do, both are easily scriptable, both are well documented, and both are
widely used.

The only drawback I have found with tcsh is the fact that if you install
new software in your $PATH, then you need to type 'rehash' to let tcsh
see it.

However this being said, I should  point out that tcsh is part of the
base system on FreeBSD whereas bash is a port and must be installed
separately.

In short, play with both and make up your own mind.

Cheers

Tim


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