1/27    In TCSH when i type part of a command and do ESC-p, it searches
        backwards in the command history and matches and completes the last
        command corresponding to the partial command I have typed.  When
        I do the same thing in BASH, it prints a ":".  How do I get the
        history-search-backwards/forward in BASH?  THANKS!
        \_ man bash;  Look for the section on Searching.
        \_ in bash and zsh, use C-r/C-s for emacs-style reverse/forward
           incremental search.
           \_ zsh also supports tcsh-style history-search-backward, if you
              want that.
        \_ Don't listen to these heathen.  tcsh is the One True Shell!  Bash
           is what linux weenies use because, well, uhm, Linus uses it so it
           must be the best!
           \_ Ranting aside, bash really is quite shitty.  There's no real
              reason to be running it with all the other options out there.
              It tries to be everything to everyone, and ends up being
              internally inconsistent.
                \_ Bash is the only shell that is useable for interactive
                   sessions, features a bourne-compatible syntax and ships
                   by default on Solaris, most Linux distros and MacOS X.
                   The only other option for interactive sessions is ksh,
                   which isn't available by default on most Linux distros
                   and MacOS X. (Before you say just d/l ksh or whatever
                   other shell, try to keep in mind that some of us have
                   to use systems where we cannot install/execute software
                   that isn't approved or isn't part of the default
                   install, so we have to be familiar with the tools that
                   are almost always present).
                   \_ Based on the descriptions online, I'm having trouble
                      seeing what makes bash interactive and tcsh not and, FTM,
                      what's the big deal about being interactive. Apologies
                      for lack of clue.
                   \_ Could somebody do me a favor and tell me what the word
                      "interactive" means in this context. Apologies for my
                      lack of clue but it's not like the thing can talk to you.
                   \_ Why is it the only one usable?
                      \_ It doesn't have a builtin spell checker, we know that
                         from his post, heh.
                   \_ bourne syntax is better for programming, not for
                      interactive use.
                      \_ kinda cool how the pro-bash clone eliminated dozens
                         of other options as if his opinion was fact.  i like
                         him.  he'll do well on the motd.
                                \_ tcsh has no advantages over bash (save a
                                   memory footprint of ~ 200kB, which is
                                   meaningless these days). The fact that
                                   it uses c-shell syntax is a huge drawback.
                                   Some of us do use if, for, while on the
                                   command line.
                                   \_ tcsh has plenty of advantages over bash;
                                      better interactive syntax, for one.
                         \_ name some other options that are available by
                            default on most systems.
                            \_ tcsh
                                \_ what part of "cannot install/execute software
                                   that isn't approved or isn't part of the
                                   default install" didn't you understand?
                            \_ it's not really hard to install your own shell
                               locally and run it from whatever PoS login
                               shell you're given (example: bash).
              \_ Since Panther, I've been using bash and I don't esp. like
                 it, but i can't figure out if I don't like it out of
                 lazyness/acustomedness to tcsh or some other reason.
                 Which shell do you recommend? zsh?
                 \_ I would have switched to zsh a long time ago if I wasn't
                    such a lazy fuck.