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From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.user-friendly,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.aux,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Shell Wars (Was: Re: xargs and alias commands)
Date: 8 Sep 94 13:03:22 GMT
Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center -- Greenbelt, Maryland USA
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Seems to me that the best shell for a person is the shell that does most
of what that person wants...

If people use and are comfortable with tcsh or bash or ksh, well, that's
all that matters.
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