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How can I use tcsh as my shell?

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There's a fairly simple way to do this, but there is no official way to do this for a variety of reasons. The solution is to add these lines to the end of your .login file: if ( $SHELL == "/bin/csh" ) then foreach i ($path) if ( -x $i/tcsh ) then setenv SHELL $i/tcsh set shell=$i/tcsh exec $i/tcsh -l endif end endif If you really need tcsh to be the login shell, then you should start it with the -l flag as it is done above.

How do I change my shell to tcsh?

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You can always just type tcsh at the prompt, or you can log onto po. Then you have to type chsh and then enter /usr/local/bin/tcsh, then wait 24 hours. After this time, tcsh will be your default shell. See similar questions...

How can I set screen to have shell tcsh for every new window?

All these rely on having tcsh in your search path. If not, just specify the complete path instead of the word 'tcsh'. Screen failed to change the owner of the pty it uses. You need to install screen setuid-root. See the file INSTALL for details. Screen always interprets control-sequences sent by the applications and translates/optimizes them for the current terminal type. Screen always parses the user input for its escape character (CTRL-A). See similar questions...

I have a shell now how do I use it?

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You need a telnet program to access the shell (like Better Telnet). To transfer files back and forth, use FTP, and ftp to the same address you telnet to. To run irc, try typing 'irc' and see if a p rogram loads. If not, you'll need to either get a binary for your system (precompiled program) or get the source and compile it yourself. To find out what kind of system your shell is on type 'uname -a' on your shell, you'll get some feedback like this: This shows you the name of the machine 'nowhere. See similar questions...

How do I use Fossil Shell Dust®?

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Fossil Shell Dust® is applied by sprinkling the dust onto any surface that may contain mites, including carpets, wall cracks and crevices. A pesticide duster may be used for application of this product even though it is not a pesticide. Be careful not to inhale the dust. See similar questions...

How can I use Scheme for shell scripting?

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Some Schemes all allow you to define Unix-style scripts containing Scheme code. SRFI-22 attempts to standardize the mechanism used for that. See similar questions...

Can I use the UNIX shell?

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No, generally speaking. But if you can contribute something useful as a volunteer that requires shell access to do it, please ask. See similar questions...

How can I use shell access ?

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You need an ssh program. Windows users are recommended to use the Putty program available at: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/. Ask us if you need help configuring Putty. For Mac users and other unixens, check out links on http://www.openssh.com/. BSD and Linux users can directly use the ssh command. All those programs are completely free of charge. they also take very little space on the hard drive, less than 1MB. See similar questions...

What about programs that don't use any shell?

The Ultimate TI Calculator FAQ - TI-83 and TI-84 (regular, P...
There are very few significant assembly programs for either of these calculators which don't use any shell. If you do happen to find such a program, you can run it on the TI-83 by running the command "Send(9prgmNAME" from the home screen (or a Basic program). On the TI-83+, the command to use is "Asm(prgmNAME". See similar questions...

How do I use my shell, what are the commands?

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There are a variety of factors that can contribute to occasional slow download speeds or time-outs. One thing that you can rule out is lack of bandwidth directly into the facility where your site is located. If it seems that your site generally is always slow, it may be because you have images on your pages that are too large. A rule of thumb is to try to make images 20k or less. If you have larger images, try using image compression software which you can download free at www.download.com. See similar questions...

Why do we use a shell as logo?

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The inbound movement stands for getting to the crux of the matter. We start from business objectives, moving to marketing strategies, planning and implementation. The outbound movement represents the speed and leveraging power of our approach. We offer pragmatic and tangible solutions for every marketing challenge. See similar questions...

Why are you making me use the bash shell?

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You can use any shell you want, as long as it's listed in the /etc/shells file. Traditionally, academia seems to use the csh (C-shell) or its updated modern variant, tcsh. However, this is probably through inertia rather than anything else and having a knowledge of the sh family of shells, in particular the bash shell is probably more widely useful: much of the internals of Linux/*nix systems is based on portable sh-type scripts. See similar questions...

Can I use call graph on shell scripts?

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Yes. Consider the scenario where a shell script invokes a binary executable. The directory where the executable resides must be writable. In the VTune analyzer, specify the shell script as the application to launch and the executable (and not the shell script) as the module of interest. See similar questions...

Q24. How do I start the tcsh in UNIX?

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For system management purposes, we enforce a unified start-up shell for all users. Therefore you cannot use tcsh directly without first going through the csh. See similar questions...

Why is /bin/sh so minimal? Why doesn't FreeBSD use bash or another shell?

Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X, 3.X and 4.X
The more complicated answer: many people need to write shell scripts which will be portable across many systems. That is why POSIX specifies the shell and utility commands in great detail. Most scripts are written in Bourne shell, and because several important programming interfaces ( make(1), system(3), popen(3), and analogues in higher-level scripting languages like Perl and Tcl) are specified to use the Bourne shell to interpret commands. See similar questions...

Which shell should I use under Unix?

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First, this is a religious issue if there ever was one, for Unix users. The most popular shells (in no particular order) are the Bourne shell (sh), the Korn shell (ksh), the C shell (csh), the T shell tcsh. There are certainly are intelligent folks that use, and are proponents of, each shell out there. The Korn shell is available with nearly every Unix. It was written by David Korn of AT&T Bell Labs and has been provided with all System V-derived Unix systems since at least the late '80s. See similar questions...

What command should I use to print from shell?

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One command you can use is a2ps by typing 'a2ps filename'. When using this command you also need to set your printer to one nearby. Look at the next faq item for more information on how to do that. If you want to print using a graphical interface you can use the command qtcups by typing 'qtcups filename'. Look at the manual pages for more information about these two print commands by typing 'man a2ps' or 'man qtcups' at a terminal prompt. See similar questions...

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