[mdlug] I need a script Hero

[David Favro]

Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> And I can never COUNT on EVRRY system that I admin having
> bash, or having csh... or either, for that matter....
>   

Can't count on it being pre-installed, OK.  But do you have an actual
example of a *nix system (presumably that's what you're using since
you're talking about it already having the Bourne shell) that you can't
just compile tcsh or bash for?  I've had command-line editing +
command-completion on every system that I've used since the '80s, when I
switched from csh to tcsh, even if I had to compile it.  At that time,
most SysV derivatives shipped with nothing but Bourne, so it became
almost second nature to compile tcsh as soon as I hit a new system.  My
recollection is that tcsh used to require nothing more than a K&R 'cc'
and standard libc.  And anywhere that gcc has been ported can presumably
get bash going.

Or maybe someone should code up a bash implementation in Bourne script,
then you'll definitely have it everywhere! :-)