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category: tool
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tool: tcsh
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filename: LearnTCSH.csh
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contributors:
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- ["Nicholas Christopoulos", "https://github.com/nereusx"]
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---
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tcsh ("tee-see-shell") is a Unix shell based on and compatible with the C shell (csh).
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It is essentially the C shell with programmable command-line completion, command-line editing,
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and a few other features.
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It is the native root shell for BSD-based systems such as FreeBSD.
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Almost all Linux distros and BSD today use tcsh instead of the original csh. In
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most cases csh is a symbolic link that points to tcsh.
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This is because tcsh is backward compatible with csh, and the last
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is not maintained anymore.
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- [TCSH Home](http://www.tcsh.org/)
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- [TCSH Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tcsh)
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- [TCSH manual page](http://www.tcsh.org/tcsh.html/top.html)
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- [“An Introduction to the C shell”, William Joy](https://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/usd/04.csh/paper.html)
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- [TCSH Bug reports and/or features requests](https://bugs.gw.com/)
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Some more files:
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[tcsh help command (for 132x35 terminal size)](https://github.com/nereusx/dotfiles/blob/master/csh-help),
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[my ~/.tcshrc](https://github.com/nereusx/dotfiles/blob/master/.tcshrc)
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```tcsh
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#!/bin/tcsh
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# The first line of the script is a shebang which tells the system how to execute
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# the script: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shebang_(Unix)
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# TCSH emulates the shebang on systems that don't understand it.
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# In most cases you'll use `#!/bin/tcsh -f`, because `-f` option does not load
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# any resource or start-up files, or perform any command hashing, and thus
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# starts faster.
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# --- the echo command --------------------------------------------------------
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# The `echo` writes each word to the shell's standard output, separated by
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# spaces and terminated with a newline. The echo_style shell variable may be
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# set to emulate (or not) the flags and escape sequences.
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# Display the value of echo_style
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echo $echo_style
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# Enable `echo` to support backslashed characters and `-n` option (no new line)
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# This is the default for tcsh, but your distro may change it. Slackware has
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# done so.
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set echo_style = both
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# Prints "Hello world"
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echo Hello world
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echo "Hello world"
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echo 'Hello world'
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echo `echo Hello world`
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# This prints "twonlines" in one line
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echo two\nlines
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# Prints the two lines
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echo "two\nlines"
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echo 'two\nlines'
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# --- Basic Syntax ------------------------------------------------------------
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# A special character (including a blank or tab) may be prevented from having
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# its special meaning by preceding it with a backslash `\`.
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# This will display the last history commands
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echo !!
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# This will not
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echo \!\!
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# Single quotes prevent expanding special characters too, but some
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# characters like `!` and backslash have higher priority
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# `$` (variable value) will not expand
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echo '$1 tip'
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# `!` (history) will expand
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echo '!!'
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# Strings enclosed by back-quotes will be executed and replaced by the result.
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echo `ls`
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# Semi-colon separate commands
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echo 'first line'; echo 'second line'
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# There is also conditional execution
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echo "Always executed" || echo "Only executed if the first command fails"
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echo "Always executed" && echo "Only executed if the first command does NOT fail"
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# Parenthesised commands are always executed in a subshell,
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# example: creates a project and then informs you that it finished while
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# it does the installation.
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make && ( espeak "BOSS, compilation finished"; make install )
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# prints the home directory but leaves you where you were
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(cd; pwd); pwd
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# Read tcsh man-page documentation
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man tcsh
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# --- Variables ---------------------------------------------------------------
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# The shell maintains a list of variables, each of which has as value a list of
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# zero or more words. The values of shell variables can be displayed and
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# changed with the `set` and `unset` commands.
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# The system maintains its own list of "environment" variables.
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# These can be displayed and changed with `printenv`, `setenv`, and `unsetenv`.
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# The syntax of `setenv` is similar to POSIX sh.
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# Assign a value or nothing will create a variable
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# Assign nothing
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set var
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# Assign a numeric value
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# the '@' denotes the expression is arithmetic; it works similar to 'set' but
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# the right value can be a numeric expression.
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@ var = 1 + 2
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# Assign a string value
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set var = "Hello, I am the contents of 'var' variable"
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# Assign the output of a program
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set var = `ls`
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# Remove a variable
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unset var
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# Prints 1 (true) if the variable `var` exists otherwise prints 0 (false)
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echo $?var
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# Print all variables and their values
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set
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# Prints the contents of 'var'
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echo $var;
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echo "$var";
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# Prints the string `$var`
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echo \$var
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echo '$var'
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# Braces can be used to separate variables from the rest when it is needed
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set num = 12; echo "There ${num}th element"
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# Prints the number of characters of the value: 6
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set var = '123456'; echo $%var
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### LISTs
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# Assign a list of values
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set var = ( one two three four five )
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# Print all the elements: one two three four five
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echo $var
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echo $var[*]
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# Print the count of elements: 5
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echo $#var
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# Print the indexed element; This prints the second element: two
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echo $var[2]
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# Print range of elements; prints 2nd up to 3rd: two, three
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echo $var[2-3]
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# Prints all elements starting from the 3rd: three four five
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echo $var[3-]
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# Prints print all up to 3rd element: one two three
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echo $var[-3]
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### Special Variables
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# $argv list of command-line arguments
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# $argv[0] this file-name (the file of the script file)
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# $# $0, $n, $* are the same as $#argv, $argv[0], $argv[n], $argv[*]
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# $status, $? the exit code of the last command that executed
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# $_ the previous command line
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# $! the PID of the last background process started by this shell
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# $$ script's PID
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# $path, $PATH the list of directories that will search for an executable to run
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# $home, $HOME user's home directory, also the `~` can be used instead
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# $uid user's login ID
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# $user user's login name
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# $gid the user's group ID
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# $group the user's group-name
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# $cwd, $PWD the Current/Print Working Directory
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# $owd the previous working directory
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# $tcsh tcsh version
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# $tty the current tty; ttyN for Linux console, pts/N for terminal
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# emulators under X
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# $term the terminal type
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# $verbose if set, causes the words of each command to be printed.
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# can be set by the `-v` command line option too.
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# $loginsh if set, it is a login shell
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# TIP: $?0 is always false in interactive shells
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# TIP: $?prompt is always false in non-interactive shells
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# TIP: if `$?tcsh` is unset; you run the original `csh` or something else;
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# try `echo $shell`
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# TIP: `$verbose` is useful for debugging scripts
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# NOTE: `$PWD` and `$PATH` are synchronised with `$cwd` and `$pwd` automatically.
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# --- Variable modifiers ------------------------------------------------------
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# Syntax: ${var}:m[:mN]
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# Where <m> is:
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# h : the directory t : the filename r : remove extension e : the extension
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# u : uppercase the first lowercase letter
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# l : lowercase the first uppercase letter
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# p : print but do not execute it (hist)
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# q : quote the substituted words, preventing further substitutions
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# x : like q, but break into words at white spaces
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# g : apply the following modifier once to each word
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# a : apply the following modifier as many times as possible to single word
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# s/l/r/ : search for `l` and replace with `r`, not regex; the `&` in the `r` is
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# replaced by `l`
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# & : Repeat the previous substitution
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# start with this file
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set f = ~/Documents/Alpha/beta.txt
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# prints ~/Documents/Alpha/beta
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echo $f:r
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# prints ~/Documents/Alpha
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echo $f:h
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# prints beta.txt
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echo $f:t
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# prints txt
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echo $f:e
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# prints beta
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echo $f:t:r
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# prints Beta
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echo $f:t:r:u
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# prints Biota
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echo $f:t:r:u:s/eta/iota/
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# --- Redirection -------------------------------------------------------------
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# Create file.txt and write the standard output to it
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echo 'this string' > file.txt
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# Create file.txt and write the standard output and standard error to it
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echo 'this string' >& file.txt
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# Append the standard output to file.txt
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echo 'this string' >> file.txt
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# Append the standard output and standard error to file.txt
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echo 'this string' >>& file.txt
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# Redirect the standard input from file.txt
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cat < file.txt
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# Input from keyboard; this stores the input line to variable `x`
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set x = $<
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# Document here;
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cat << LABEL
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...text here...
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LABEL
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# TIP: this is how to get standard error separated:
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(grep 'AGP' /usr/src/linux/Documentation/* > output-file.txt) >& error-file.txt
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# example: read a name from standard input and display a greetings message
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echo -n "Enter your name: "
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set name = $<
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echo "Greetings $name"
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# --- Expressions ------------------------------------------------------------
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# Operators:
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# == equal != not equal ! not
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# > greater than < less than >= greater or equal <= less or equal
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# && logical AND || logical OR
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if ( $name != $user ) then
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echo "Your name isn't your username"
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else
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echo "Your name is your username"
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endif
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# single-line form
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if ( $name != $user ) echo "Your name isn't your username"
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# NOTE: if $name is empty, tcsh sees the above condition as:
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# if ( != $user ) ...
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# which is invalid syntax
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# The "safe" way to use potentially empty variables in tcsh is:
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# if ( "$name" != $user ) ...
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# which, when $name is empty, is seen by tcsh as:
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# if ( "" != $user ) ...
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# which works as expected
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# There is also conditional execution
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echo "Always executed" || echo "Only executed if the first command fails"
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echo "Always executed" && echo "Only executed if the first command does NOT fail"
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# To use && and || with if statements, you don't need multiple pairs of
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# square brackets:
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if ( "$name" == "Steve" && "$age" == 15 ) then
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echo "This will run if $name is Steve AND $age is 15."
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endif
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if ( "$name" == "Daniya" || "$name" == "Zach" ) then
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echo "This will run if $name is Daniya OR Zach."
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endif
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# String matching operators ( `=~` and `!~` )
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# The ‘==’ ‘!=’ ‘=~’ and ‘!~’ operators compare their arguments as strings;
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# all others operate on numbers. The operators ‘=~’ and ‘!~’ are like ‘!=’
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# and ‘==’ except that the right hand side is a glob-pattern against which
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# the left-hand operand is matched.
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if ( $user =~ ni[ck]* ) echo "Greetings Mr. Nicholas."
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if ( $user !~ ni[ck]* ) echo "Hey, get out of Nicholas' PC."
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# Arithmetic expressions are denoted with the following format:
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@ result = 10 + 5
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echo $result
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# Arithmetic Operators
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# +, -, *, /, %
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#
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# Arithmetic Operators which must be parenthesized
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# !, ~, |, &, ^, ~, <<, >>,
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# Compare and logical operators
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#
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# All operators are the same as in C.
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# It is non so well documented that numeric expressions require spaces
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# in-between; Also, `@` has its own parser, it seems that it works well when
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# the expression is parenthesized, otherwise the primary parser seems to be
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# active. Parentheses require spaces around, this is documented.
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# wrong
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@ x = $y+1
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@ x = 0644 & 022; echo $x
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@ x = (0644 & 022) +1; echo $x
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@ x = (0644 & 022)+ 1; echo $x
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@ x = ( ~077 ); echo $x
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# correct
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@ x = $y + 1
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@ x = ( 0644 & 022 ) + 1; echo $x
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@ x = ( ~ 077 ); echo $x
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@ x = ( ~ 077 | 022 ); echo $x
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@ x = ( ! 0 ); echo $x
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# C's operators ++ and -- are supported if there is not assignment
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@ result ++
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# No shell was created to do mathematics;
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# Except for the basic operations, use an external command with backslashes.
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#
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# I suggest the calc as the best option.
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# (http://www.isthe.com/chongo/tech/comp/calc/)
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#
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# The standard Unix's bc as the second option
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# (https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/html_mono/bc.html)
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#
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# The standard Unix's AWK as the third option
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# (https://www.gnu.org/software/gawk/manual/gawk.html)
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# You can also use `Perl`, `PHP`, `python`, or even several BASICs, but prefer
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# the above utilities for faster load-and-run results.
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# real example: (that I answer in StackExchange)
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# REQ: x := 1001b OR 0110b
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# in `tcsh` expression (by using octal)
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@ x = ( 011 | 06 ); echo $x
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# the same by using `calc` (and using binary as the original req)
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set x = `calc '0b1001 | 0b110'`; echo $x
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# --- File Inquiry Operators --------------------------------------------------
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# NOTE: The built-in `filetest` command does the same thing.
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#### Boolean operators
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# -r read access -w write access -x execute access -e existence
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# -f plain file -d directory -l symbolic link -p named pipe
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# -S socket file
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# -o ownership -z zero size -s non-zero size
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# -u SUID is set -g SGID is set -k sticky is set
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# -b block device -c char device
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# -t file (digit) is an open file descriptor for a terminal device
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# If the file `README` exists, display a message
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if ( -e README ) echo "I have already README file"
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# If the `less` program is installed, use it instead of `more`
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if ( -e `where less` ) then
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alias more 'less'
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endif
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#### Non-boolean operators
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# -Z returns the file size in bytes
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# -M returns the modification time (mtime) -M: returns mtime string
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# -A returns the last access time (atime) -A: returns atime string
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# -U returns the owner's user ID -U: returns the owner's user name
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# -G returns the owner's group ID -G: returns the owner's group name
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# -P returns the permissions as octal number -Pmode returns perm. AND mode
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# this will display the date as a Unix-time integer: 1498511486
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filetest -M README.md
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# This will display "Tue Jun 27 00:11:26 2017"
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filetest -M: README.md
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# --- Basic Commands ----------------------------------------------------------
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# Navigate through the filesystem with `chdir` (cd)
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cd path # change working directory
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cd # change to the home directory
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cd - # change to the previous directory
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cd .. # go up one directory
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# Examples:
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cd ~/Downloads # go to my `Downloads` directory
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# Use `mkdir` to create new directories.
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mkdir newdir
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# The `-p` flag causes new intermediate directories to be created as necessary.
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mkdir -p ~/.backup/saves
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# which & where
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# find if csh points to tcsh
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ls -lha `which csh`
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# find if csh is installed on more than one directory
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where csh
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# --- Pipe-lines --------------------------------------------------------------
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# A pipeline is a sequence of processes chained together by their standard
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# streams, so that the output of each process (stdout) feeds directly as input
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# (stdin) to the next one. These `pipes` are created with the `|` special
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# character and it is one of the most powerful characteristics of Unix.
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# example:
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ls -l | grep key | less
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# "ls -l" produces a process, the output (stdout) of which is piped to the
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# input (stdin) of the process for "grep key"; and likewise for the process
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# for "less".
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# the `ls`, the `grep`, and the `less` are Unix programs and they have their
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# own man-page. The `pipe` mechanism is part of the kernel but the syntax
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# and the control is the shell's job, the tcsh in our case.
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# NOTE: Windows has the `pipe` mechanism too, but it is buggy and I signed it
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# for all versions until Windows XP SP3 API32 which was the last one that I
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# worked on. Microsoft denied it, but it is a well-known bug since it is a
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# common method for inter-process communication. For small I/O it will work well.
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# tcsh, along with grep, GCC, and Perl is one of the first Unix programs that
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# ported to DOS (with EMX DOS extender) and later to Windows (1998).
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# example: this will convert tcsh to PostScript and will show it with Okular
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zcat /usr/man/man1/tcsh.1.gz | groff -Tps -man | okular -
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# a better version
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zcat `locate -b -n 1 '\tcsh.1.gz'` | groff -Tps -man | okular -
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# even better
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set page = tcsh; set loc = (locate -b -n 1 "\\\\"${page}".1.gz");
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zcat `eval $loc` | groff -Tps -man | okular -
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# the same, modified to create man page pdf
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set page = tcsh; set loc = (locate -b -n 1 "\\\\"${page}".1.gz");
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zcat `eval $loc` | groff -Tps -man | ps2pdf - ${page}.pdf
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# the same, but now shows the ${page}.pdf too
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set page = tcsh; set loc = (locate -b -n 1 "\\\\"${page}".1.gz");
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zcat `eval $loc` | groff -Tps -man | ps2pdf - ${page}.pdf && okular tcsh.pdf
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# NOTE: `okular` is the default application of the KDE environment and it shows
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# postcript and pdf files. You can replace it with your lovely PDF viewer.
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# `zcat`, `locate`, `groff`, are common programs in all Unixes. The `ps2pdf`
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# program is part of the `ghostscript` package that is widely used.
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# --- Control Flow ------------------------------------------------------------
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#### IF-THEN-ELSE-ENDIF
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# Syntax:
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# if ( expr ) then
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# ...
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# [else if ( expr2 ) then
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# ...]
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# [else
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# ...]
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# endif
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#
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# If the specified `expr` is true then the commands to the first else are
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# executed; otherwise if `expr2` is true then the commands to the second else
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# are executed, etc.
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# Any number of else-if pairs are possible; only one endif is needed.
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#
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# Single-line form:
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#
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# if ( expr ) command
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#
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# If `expr` evaluates to true, then the command is executed.
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# `command` must be a simple command, not an alias, a pipeline, a command list
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#, or a parenthesized command list. With a few words, avoid using it.
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#
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# BUG: Input/output redirection occurs even if expr is false and the command
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# is thus not executed.
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#
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# check if we are in a non-interactive shell and quit if true
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if ( $?USER == 0 || $?prompt == 0 ) exit
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# check if we are a login shell
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if ( $?loginsh ) then
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# check if you are on linux console (not X's terminal)
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if ( $tty =~ tty* ) then
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# enable keypad application keys (man console_codes)
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echo '\033='
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endif
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endif
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#### SWITCH-ENDSW
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# Syntax:
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# switch ( expr )
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# case pattern:
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# ...
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# [breaksw]
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# [default:
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# ...]
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# endsw
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#
|
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# tcsh uses a case statement that works similarly to switch in C.
|
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# Each case label is successively matched, against the specified string which
|
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# is first command and filename expanded. The file metacharacters `*`, `?`
|
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# and `[...]` may be used in the case labels. If none of the labels match the
|
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# execution begins after the default label if it's defined.
|
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# The command `breaksw` causes execution to continue after the endsw. Otherwise,
|
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# control may fall through case labels and default labels as in C.
|
||
|
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switch ( $var )
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case *.[1-9]:
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case *.[1-9].gz:
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echo "$var is a man-page."
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breaksw
|
||
case *gz:
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echo "$var is gzipped"
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||
breaksw
|
||
default:
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file $var
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endsw
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||
|
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#### FOREACH-END
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# Syntax:
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# foreach name ( wordlist )
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# ...
|
||
# [break | continue]
|
||
# end
|
||
#
|
||
# Successively sets the variable `name` to each member of `wordlist` and
|
||
# executes the sequence of commands between this command and the matching
|
||
# `end` keyword. The `continue` keyword jumps to the next element back to
|
||
# top, and the `break` keyword terminates the loop.
|
||
#
|
||
# BUG: `foreach` doesn't ignore here documents when looking for its end.
|
||
|
||
# example: counting 1 to 10
|
||
foreach i ( `seq 1 10` )
|
||
echo $i
|
||
end
|
||
|
||
# example: type all files in the list
|
||
foreach f ( a.txt b.txt c.txt )
|
||
cat $f
|
||
end
|
||
|
||
# example: convert wma to ogg
|
||
foreach f ( *.wma )
|
||
ffmpeg -i "$f" "$f:r".ogg
|
||
end
|
||
|
||
#### WHILE-END
|
||
# while ( expr )
|
||
# ...
|
||
# [break | continue]
|
||
# end
|
||
#
|
||
# Executes the commands between the `while` and the matching `end` while `expr`
|
||
# evaluates non-zero. `break` and `continue` may be used to terminate or
|
||
# continue the loop prematurely.
|
||
|
||
# count from 1 to 10
|
||
set num = 1
|
||
while ( $num <= 10 )
|
||
echo $num
|
||
@ num ++
|
||
end
|
||
|
||
# print all directories of CWD
|
||
set lst = ( * )
|
||
while ( $#lst )
|
||
if ( -d $lst[1] ) echo $lst[1] is directory
|
||
shift lst
|
||
end
|
||
|
||
# separate command-line arguments to options or parameters
|
||
set options
|
||
set params
|
||
set lst = ( $* )
|
||
while ( $#lst )
|
||
if ( "$lst[1]" =~ '-*' ) then
|
||
set options = ( $options $lst[1] )
|
||
else
|
||
set params = ( $params $lst[1] )
|
||
endif
|
||
shift lst
|
||
end
|
||
echo 'options =' $options
|
||
echo 'parameters =' $params
|
||
|
||
#### REPEAT
|
||
# Syntax: repeat count command
|
||
#
|
||
# The specified command, which is subject to the same restrictions as the
|
||
# command in the one line `if` statement above, is executed count times.
|
||
# I/O redirections occur exactly once, even if `count` is 0.
|
||
#
|
||
# TIP: in most cases prefer `while`
|
||
|
||
repeat 3 echo "ding dong"
|
||
|
||
# --- Functions ---------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
# tcsh has no functions but its expression syntax is advanced enough to use
|
||
# `alias` as functions. Another method is recursion
|
||
|
||
# Alias argument selectors; the ability to define an alias to take arguments
|
||
# supplied to it and apply them to the commands that it refers to.
|
||
# Tcsh is the only shell that provides this feature.
|
||
#
|
||
# \!# argument selector for all arguments, including the alias/command
|
||
# itself; arguments need not be supplied.
|
||
# \!* argument selector for all arguments, excluding the alias/command;
|
||
# arguments need not be supplied.
|
||
# \!$ argument selector for the last argument; argument need not be supplied,
|
||
# but if none is supplied, the alias name is considered to be the
|
||
# last argument.
|
||
# \!^ argument selector for first argument; argument MUST be supplied.
|
||
# \!:n argument selector for the nth argument; argument MUST be supplied;
|
||
# n=0 refers to the alias/command name.
|
||
# \!:m-n argument selector for the arguments from the mth to the nth;
|
||
# arguments MUST be supplied.
|
||
# \!:n-$ argument selector for the arguments from the nth to the last;
|
||
# at least argument n MUST be supplied.
|
||
|
||
# Alias the cd command so that when you change directories, the contents
|
||
# are immediately displayed.
|
||
alias cd 'cd \!* && ls'
|
||
|
||
# --- Recursion method --- begin ---
|
||
#!/bin/tcsh -f
|
||
set todo = option1
|
||
if ( $#argv > 0 ) then
|
||
set todo = $argv[1]
|
||
endif
|
||
|
||
switch ( $todo )
|
||
case option1:
|
||
# ...
|
||
$0 results
|
||
breaksw
|
||
case option2:
|
||
# ...
|
||
$0 results
|
||
breaksw
|
||
case results:
|
||
echo "print the results here"
|
||
# ...
|
||
breaksw
|
||
default:
|
||
echo "Unknown option: $todo"
|
||
# exit 0
|
||
endsw
|
||
# --- Recursion method --- end ---
|
||
|
||
# --- examples ----------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
# this script prints available power-states if no argument is set;
|
||
# otherwise it sets the state of the $argv[1]
|
||
# --- power-state script --- begin --------------------------------------------
|
||
#!/bin/tcsh -f
|
||
# get parameter ("help" for none)
|
||
set todo = help
|
||
if ( $#argv > 0 ) then
|
||
set todo = $argv[1]
|
||
endif
|
||
# available options
|
||
set opts = `cat /sys/power/state`
|
||
# is known?
|
||
foreach o ( $opts )
|
||
if ( $todo == $o ) then
|
||
# found; execute it
|
||
echo -n $todo > /sys/power/state
|
||
break
|
||
endif
|
||
end
|
||
# print help and exit
|
||
echo "usage: $0 [option]"
|
||
echo "available options on kernel: $opts"
|
||
# --- power-state script --- end ----------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
# Guess the secret number game
|
||
# --- secretnum.csh --- begin -------------------------------------------------
|
||
#!/bin/tcsh -f
|
||
set secret=`shuf -i1-100 -n1`
|
||
echo "I have a secret number from 1 up to 100"
|
||
while ( 1 )
|
||
echo -n "Guess: "
|
||
set guess = $<
|
||
if ( $secret == $guess ) then
|
||
echo "You found it"
|
||
exit 1
|
||
else
|
||
if ( $secret > $guess ) then
|
||
echo "its greater"
|
||
else if ( $secret < $guess ) then
|
||
echo "its lesser"
|
||
endif
|
||
endif
|
||
endif
|
||
end
|
||
# --- secretnum.csh --- end ---------------------------------------------------
|
||
|
||
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
||
# Appendices
|
||
|
||
#### About [T]CSH:
|
||
# * CSH is notorious for its bugs;
|
||
# * It is also famous for its advanced interactive mode.
|
||
# * TCSH is famous for having the most advanced completion subsystem.
|
||
# * TCSH is famous for having the most advanced aliases subsystem; aliases
|
||
# can take parameters and often be used as functions!
|
||
# * TCSH is well known and preferred by people (me too) because of better
|
||
# syntax. All shells are using Thomson's syntax with the exception of
|
||
# [t]csh, fish, and plan9's shells (rc, ex).
|
||
# * It is smaller and consumes far less memory than bash, zsh, and even mksh!
|
||
# (memusage reports)
|
||
# * TCSH still has bugs; fewer, but it does; if you write readable clean code
|
||
# you'll find none; well almost none... This has to do with the implementation
|
||
# of csh; that doesn't mean the other shells have a good implementation.
|
||
# * no well-known shell is capable of regular programming; if your script
|
||
# is getting big, use a programming language, like Python, PHP, or Perl (good
|
||
# scripting languages).
|
||
#
|
||
# Advice:
|
||
# 1. Do not use redirection in single-line IFs (it is well documented bug)
|
||
# In most cases avoid using single-line IFs.
|
||
# 2. Do not mess up with other shells' code, c-shell is not compatible with
|
||
# other shells and has different abilities and priorities.
|
||
# 3. Use spaces as you'll use them to write readable code in any language.
|
||
# A bug of csh was `set x=1` and `set x = 1` worked, but `set x =1` did not!
|
||
# 4. It is well documented that numeric expressions require spaces in between;
|
||
# also parenthesize all bit-wise and unary operators.
|
||
# 5. Do not write a huge weird expression with several quotes, backslashes, etc
|
||
# It is bad practice for generic programming, it is dangerous in any shell.
|
||
# 6. Help tcsh, report the bug here <https://bugs.gw.com/>
|
||
# 7. Read the man page, `tcsh` has a huge number of options and variables.
|
||
#
|
||
# I suggest the following options enabled by default
|
||
# --------------------------------------------------
|
||
# Even in non-interactive shells
|
||
# set echo_style=both
|
||
# set backslash_quote
|
||
# set parseoctal
|
||
# unset noclobber
|
||
#
|
||
# Whatever...
|
||
# set inputmode=insert
|
||
# set autolist
|
||
# set listjobs
|
||
# set padhour
|
||
# set color
|
||
# set colorcat
|
||
# set nobeep
|
||
# set cdtohome
|
||
#
|
||
# set histdup
|
||
# set histlit
|
||
# set nohistclop
|
||
#
|
||
# unset compat_expr
|
||
# unset noglob
|
||
# unset autologout
|
||
# unset time
|
||
# unset tperiod
|
||
#
|
||
# NOTE: If the `backslash_quote` is set, it may create compatibility issues
|
||
# with other tcsh scripts that were written without it.
|
||
#
|
||
# NOTE: The same for `parseoctal`, but it is better to fix the problematic
|
||
# scripts.
|
||
#
|
||
# NOTE: **for beginners only**
|
||
# This enables automatic rescanning of `path` directories if needed. (like bash)
|
||
# set autorehash
|
||
|
||
#### common aliases
|
||
# alias hist 'history 20'
|
||
# alias ll 'ls --color -lha'
|
||
# alias today "date '+%d%h%y'
|
||
# alias ff 'find . -name '
|
||
|
||
#### a nice prompt
|
||
# set prompt = "%B%{\033[35m%}%t %{\033[32m%}%n@%m%b %C4 %# "
|
||
```
|