View Poll Results: What is the most powerful shell and shell script language?

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  • Korn Shell

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  • Bourne Shell

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  • C Shell

    2 15.38%
  • Bourne Again Shell

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Thread: What shell is more powerful?

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    Question What shell is more powerful?

    What is the most powerful shell and shell script available?

    Korn Shell (ksh), Bourne Shell (sh), C Shell (csh), or Bourne Again Shell (bash)
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    csh?
    Nasty horrible thing
    First major script I did was in csh, man what a nightmare.

    Read this
    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/
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    Definately BASH

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    BASH anyday.

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    crap, i accidentally voted for sh, but BASH is definately the way to go.

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    > crap, i accidentally voted for sh,
    Vote moved to bash
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    I have been using csh. Don't really have a preference except that I've gotten used to csh. The redirect error output thing is a good reason to switch. Probably wont. whatever.
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    BASH no contest

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    Never seen bash, so voted for what I liked best, Bourne.
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    If you want to try bash - you can try it out with www.cygwin.com.

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    BASH all the way.
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