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'''csh''' was the shell that William Joy wrote for [[BSD]]. '''csh''' accepted the same [[Unix]] commands as other shells, but had a very different syntax (for variable assignments, control flow, and such). '''csh''' is not compatible with the [[Bourne Shell]].
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== Reputation ==
C Shell is obsolete. Most scriptwriters prefer a Bourne-compatible shell, and few users want to learn two flavors of shells. C Shell introduced tilde expansion (<code>ls ~</code>),
[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ Csh Programming Considered Harmful] and [http://www.grymoire.com/Unix/CshTop10.txt Top Ten Reasons not to use the C shell] give multiple reasons to avoid C Shell.
tcsh is a later version that fixed many of the problems with csh. It is still actively, if intermittently, maintained and has a following such as on Solaris.
== Syntax ==
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