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W4GPL
04-30-2013, 11:14 AM
Anyone using zsh for their shell?

If so, why? Seems to be all the hipster-geek rage lately. I was toying with it, I didn't see much advantage. Why reinvent an already perfect wheel?

NQ6U
04-30-2013, 11:16 AM
I use BASH myself. It's what I'm used to.

KC2UGV
04-30-2013, 11:20 AM
A friend of mine does. Don't know why he prefers zsh though, most certainly not a "hipster" thing, since he's been using it for quite a long time. I think he said something about it just being Bash+more, so he uses it for the extra features. He is a power user, so it's not unlikely.

Personally? I'm a bash/ksh guy. But, it's because I've used them both for a really, really long time. I like bash a little more, since I can turn POSIX compliance on and off.

W4GPL
04-30-2013, 11:27 AM
I use BASH myself. It's what I'm used to.I'll bash you! You whiny lil'..

NQ6U
04-30-2013, 11:30 AM
I'll bash you! You whiny lil'..

Whinny little BSH?

I'm not very hep on the different *nix command line shells. I learned on BASH back in the days when my Internet access was a dial-up UNIX shell account so that's what I've stuck with. I mostly go with a GUI for the kind of stuff I do but I'm not a sysop or anything either.

NY4Q
04-30-2013, 11:40 AM
Last login: Tue Apr 30 12:38:41 on ttys000
iMac-Phil:~ pheaton$ echo $SHELL
/bin/bash
iMac-Phil:~ pheaton$