cshrc to bashrc??

[Gary Kline]

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	S'all, folks!

	-g


On Sat, Jan 01, 2011 at 11:01:31AM +0100, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:15:45 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> > 	Anybody know if there is a utility that transforms the /root/.cshrc
> > 	into a bash RC file?After decades, I'm giving up on the csh stuff.
> > 	Need something simpler.
> 
> As far as I know, there is no automatic converter for csh -> sh
> config files. Basically, the C shell has these:
> 	- system-wide:
> 	  /etc/csh.cshrc, /etc/csh.login, /etc/csh.lougout
> 	- per user:
> 	  ~/.cshrc, ~/.login, ~/.logout
> I'm a csh user for most dialog use, because bash's interactive
> abilites force too much interaction (especially regarding
> completition) in the default configuration. But I'm more and
> more thinking to switch to bash permanently, as soon as I've
> beaten bash's misbehaviour out of its source code. :-)
> 
> The system's sh uses /etc/profile and .profile in the same
> manner. Then there is bash, which I think uses the following
> files according to "man bash", section FILES:
> 
> 	/etc/profile
> 		The systemwide initialization file,
> 		executed for login shells
> 	~/.bash_profile
> 		The personal initialization file,
> 		executed for login shells
> 	~/.bashrc
> 		The individual per-interactive-shell startup file
> 	~/.bash_logout
> 		The individual login shell cleanup file,
> 		executed when a login shell exits
> 	~/.inputrc
> 		Individual readline initialization file
> 
> You have to know about the different syntax definition for
> both file types, but it's relatively easy.
> 
> setenv ENVNAME envstring	-> ENVNAME="envstring"; export ENVNAME
> 				-> export ENVNAME="envstring"
> 
> set VARNAME = 'varstring'	-> VARNAME="varstring"
> 
> alias aliname 'alistring'	-> alias aliname="alistring"
> 
> All the config files allow regular sh coding sequences (such
> as the use of conditionals or iterators).
> 
> To get a standard prompt in bash, use this:
> 
> 	export PS1="\u@\h:\w\$ "
> 
> It is the equivalent to csh's
> 
> 	set promptchars = "%#"
> 	set prompt = "%n@%m:%~%# "
> 
> Note that csh does automatically use % or # according to the
> first setting. I'm not sure how bash handles this.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Polytropon
> Magdeburg, Germany
> Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
> Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...

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