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C shell

The C shell (csh or the improved version, tcsh) is a Unix shell created by Bill Joy while he was a graduate student at University of California, Berkeley in the late 1970s. It has been widely distributed, beginning with the 2BSD release of the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) which Joy first distributed in 1978. Other early contributors to the ideas…

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Final release
8.2 / 10 December 1993; 32 years ago (1993-12-10)
License
BSD license
Operating system
BSD, UNIX, UNOS, Linux, macOS
Original author
Bill Joy
Release
1978; 48 years ago (1978)
Repository
NetBSD (1.56 2022/09/15) · OpenBSD (1.51 2024/07/28)

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C shell

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C shell

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related to Further reading · 31
C shell → An Introduction, Anderson, Archived, Arick, Associates, August, Berkeley UNIX, Canisius College Computer Science, Co, Department, DuBois, Gail, Introduction, ISBN, John Wiley, June, Martin, O'Reilly, Paul, Paul Anderson
related to Influence · 15
C shell → Allen Holub, Bill Joy, But, Companion, Holub's SH, In, MS-DOS, On Command, SH, Since, The, Unix, Unix-like, Unix-Like Shell, Writing
related to External links · 10
C shell → An Introduction, Chapter, Csh, February, Linux, Nutshell, The Unix Tree, Top Ten Reasons, Unix, William Joy
related to More like C · 9
C shell → Bell Labs, Bourne, But, By, C-like, Stephen Bourne, The, The Unix, This
related to Expressions · 6
C shell → For, In, Operator, Operators, The, Variables
related to Improvements for interactive use · 5
C shell → It, The, These, Unix, Users
related to Variables · 5
C shell → Environment, Shell, Some, The, They
Repository · 2
C shell → NetBSD (1.56 2022/09/15), OpenBSD (1.51 2024/07/28)
related to overview · 2
C shell → Each, The
Final release · 1
C shell → 8.2 / 10 December 1993; 32 years ago (1993-12-10)

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shell command csh tcsh commands unix file new sh control use run features operators also language line grammar means variables

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C shellFinal release8.2 / 10 December 1993; 32 years ago (1993-12-10)1.00infobox
C shellLicenseBSD license1.00infobox
C shellOperating systemBSD, UNIX, UNOS, Linux, macOS1.00infobox
C shellOriginal authorBill Joy1.00infobox
C shellRelease1978; 48 years ago (1978)1.00infobox
C shellRepositoryNetBSD (1.56 2022/09/15)1.00infobox
C shellRepositoryOpenBSD (1.51 2024/07/28)1.00infobox
C shellSuccessortcsh1.00infobox
C shellTypeUnix shell1.00infobox
C shellWritten inC1.00infobox
C shellis acommand processor which is typically run in a text window0.90text
C shellrelated to Control structuresThe0.60section

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