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The tcsh package contains "an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell (csh)". This is useful as an alternative shell for those who prefer C syntax to that of the bash shell, and also because some programs require the C shell in order to install.
Install tcsh by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install && cp tcsh.man /usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1 && ln -s /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/csh |
cp tcsh.man /usr/share/man/man1/tcsh.1 :tcsh doesn't install its man-page correctly, so we do it manually.
ln -s /usr/bin/tcsh /bin/csh : The FHS states that if there is a C shell installed, there should be a symlink from /bin/csh to it. This creates that symlink.
There are numerous configuration files for the C shell. Examples of these are /etc/csh.cshrc, /etc/csh.login, ~/.tcshrc, ~/.cshrc, ~/.history, ~/.login, ~/.cshdirs, /etc/csh.logout, ~/.logout and ~/.logout. More information on these files can be found in the tcsh(1) man-page.
The tcsh package contains tcsh.
tcsh is an enhanced but completely compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell, csh. It is usable as both an interactive shell and a script processor.