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haxit

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Registered: 2008-03-04

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zsh vs bash

Hey guys, what are the advantage and disadvantages to each, and which do you prefer?
Thanks

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ataraxia

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Registered: 2007-05-06

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Re: zsh vs bash

I don't think their capabilities are much different any more when you turn on all the features that you want. I prefer zsh since it's easier to set up all those extra features with just a couple of lines vs writing a giant bashrc for bash. I particularly like zsh's great completion setup.

litemotiv

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Registered: 2008-08-01

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Re: zsh vs bash

the extensive completion scripting is the main reason i use zsh too, i also like it's fast/short variable and evaluation functions. i haven't really dug into bash4 though, so i don't know how big the differences between the two are today.

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dolby

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Re: zsh vs bash

Zsh is much more advanced (and complex) than bash. If you are happy with bash you dont need it.
The only feature that will make a difference to people who dont use the shell a lot is the command completion.

A nice read: http://ft.bewatermyfriend.org/comp/zshtalk.txt

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ArchArael

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Registered: 2005-06-14

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Re: zsh vs bash

Zsh is much more advanced (and complex) than bash. If you are happy with bash you dont need it.
The only feature that will make a difference to people who dont use the shell a lot is the command completion.

A nice read: http://ft.bewatermyfriend.org/comp/zshtalk.txt

Thank you for that link... "Be water my friend" Bruce Lee philosophy and JKD are my eternal loves. I really enjoyed reading that link.

By the way, also the content of that page is interesting.

Last edited by ArchArael (2009-03-23 10:27:36)

andre.ramaciotti

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2007-04-06

Posts: 649

Re: zsh vs bash

Zsh is much more advanced (and complex) than bash. If you are happy with bash you dont need it.
The only feature that will make a difference to people who dont use the shell a lot is the command completion.

A nice read: http://ft.bewatermyfriend.org/comp/zshtalk.txt

Just notice that this talk is from 2005. Zsh has Unicode support working fine now.

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