Cshell is a shell (command interpreter) with C-like syntax.<\/p>\n
csh is a command language interpreter incorporating a history mechanism , job control facilities , interactive file name and user name completion, and a C-like syntax. It is used both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell. – The ability to use multiline aliases and exec statements in a reliable and consistent way. (Hense “sh” scripts can be re-written as tcsh scripts with aliases instead of functions.) – “tcsh” is the same on all machines. For “csh” I typically have to modify scripts for different machines. [example: HP-UX “set nonomatch” needs to be replaced by “set nonomatch = ()”] – source code is freely available – PWD and other common environmental variables are always defined. With “csh” this depends on the machine.In most cases csh \/ tcsh is installed by default. All you have to do is type shell name to start using it:<\/p>\n
In case csh is not installed, type the following command at shell prompt as per your Linux distro \/ version.<\/p>\n
$ sudo apt-get install csh<\/p>\n
Set csh as default login shell<\/b>To make csh as default login shell, type the following command:Note down the \/bin\/csh or \/bin\/tcsh path. To change the shell simply type<\/p>\n