What shell do you use?

[dragos240]

BASH, SH, ZSH, KSH, etc.?

I use a mixture of BASH and ZSH.

[RiceMonster]

zsh on my desktop, though I don't think I've spent enough time configuring it yet. I'll install zsh on my laptop when I get it the way I want it. Laptop is bash right now.

[FuturePilot]

ZSH all the way on all my machines. :guitar:

[Crunchy the Headcrab]

bash, cause I'm a n00b.

[-grubby]

Zsh.

[xuCGC002]

bash, because I don't know what the advantages of Zsh are. Explain, please!

[FuturePilot]

bash, because I don't know what the advantages of Zsh are. Explain, please!

Take a look at this http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/

[chris200x9]

good old sh, freebsd 8.0-RC2 oh yea! I have not gotten around to changing it I'm waiting for final then doing a clean install

[praveesh]

Bash. I DIDN'T try any other. What do the others have to offer?

[lisati]

<off topic>sea shells</off topic>
I haven't got round to learning shell scripting yet.

[Redache]

Bash on Desktop and Laptop. Will give ZSH a look though.

[kk0sse54]

zsh

[praveesh]

Take a look at this http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/

well I might move to zsh

[hoppipolla]

Bash, always :)

I've never used Zsh but maybe I should, I've heard it's good :)

[kaibob]

My first choice is dash--I use bash primarily for scripts that use an array.

[Frak]

ZSH on Linux, ZSH on Mac, PowerShell on Windows

[phrostbyte]

Mostly I use bash, but sometimes I use fish (apt:fish).

[Redache]

PowerShell on Windows

I've tried PowerShell on Windows 7 and it is surprisingly nice. I also like that they've included Unix/Linux Aliases into the default install( ls == dir and so on).

[Frak]

I've tried PowerShell on Windows 7 and it is surprisingly nice. I also like that they've included Unix/Linux Aliases into the default install( ls == dir and so on).
Main reason why I like it so much. Coming from a Unix administration background, Powershell makes it easier to manage servers.

[23meg]

I use GNOME Shell (http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell).

http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/1481/dadaw.png

[Simian Man]

It's funny to see this thread because the other day I was asking my co-worker (who knows more about Linux than me) if I could make bash do tab-completion more like vim's built-in tab completion where you can cycle through the options. He told me about zsh and I found that it's AWESOME.

So I am a recent zsh convert :).

[LookTJ]

ZSH, though I haven't found out how to adjust the home/end/delete behavior.

EDIT: found the keybinding stuff on the ArchWiki

[Tibuda]

http://www-static.shell.com/static/styles/images/logos/shell.gif (http://www.shell.com/)

(but I don't have a car)

[dragos240]

http://www-static.shell.com/static/styles/images/logos/shell.gif (http://www.shell.com/)

(but I don't have a car)

Nice job. :)

[LookTJ]

Here's a picture of my shell

[ZankerH]

Here's a picture of my shell

No, that's a picture of you taking a screenshot of your terminal emulator and prompt.

Also, I use zsh for scripting, and bash for day-to-day use.

[RiceMonster]

No, that's a picture of you taking a screenshot of your terminal emulator and prompt.

Also, I use zsh for scripting, and bash for day-to-day use.

I actually still use bash for scripting, just because it's more familiar.

[LookTJ]

No, that's a picture of you taking a screenshot of your terminal emulator and prompt.

Also, I use zsh for scripting, and bash for day-to-day use.
:lolflag: I meant my shell prompt.

[LookTJ]

Also DragOS, since you are the OP, can we post our shell configurations in this thread?

[dragos240]

Sure LookTJ.

[lukjad]

Bash

[Rambar]

I use Bash, but reading this thread has made me curious about zsh.

[renkinjutsu]

Present suggestions in a menu that you can browse by arrow keys?
Complete the kill command by showing a menu of all your processes?
Complete the aptitude or ls commands by showing a menu of relevant parameters and a short description of what they do?
In addition to exact matches, show also near matches in a separate section?
Pop up completion options even for complex commands virtually instanteously, without bash’s dreaded “UH OH I should’ve typed a few more letters first!” delay?

aptitude commands and package names are autocompleted ... but this is only for Ubuntu... HOW DOES UBUNTU DO IT?!


but after reading that.. zsh seems to be the way to go. Does it also have an rc file in the home folder?

[Simian Man]

aptitude commands and package names are autocompleted ... but this is only for Ubuntu... HOW DOES UBUNTU DO IT?!


but after reading that.. zsh seems to be the way to go. Does it also have an rc file in the home folder?

I believe each distro customizes the completion system when it packages zsh because it work on Fedora with yum and OpenSuse with zypper as well :).

[FuturePilot]

aptitude commands and package names are autocompleted ... but this is only for Ubuntu... HOW DOES UBUNTU DO IT?!


but after reading that.. zsh seems to be the way to go. Does it also have an rc file in the home folder?

Yes ~/.zshrc


I believe each distro customizes the completion system when it packages zsh because it work on Fedora with yum and OpenSuse with zypper as well :).

No, Zsh is just that awesome.

[renkinjutsu]

I believe each distro customizes the completion system when it packages zsh because it work on Fedora with yum and OpenSuse with zypper as well :).

A lot of the autocomplete goodies aren't in Debian or Arch though... makes me sad

[diesch]

I use zsh for interactive use and sh for scripting

[Mornedhel]

Does emacs count ?

[Barrucadu]

Zsh.

[CharlesA]

I use bash but I'm curious about zsh now.

[Zoot7]

Bash

[ratcheer]

I am currently using the default bash shell, but I am much more used to ksh because I have used it at work for many years. If I were going to try something new, I think it would be zsh.

Tim

[alphaniner]

bash, but I'm definitely gonna look into zsh now. I've (apparently) used zsh before with SystemRescueCD, and I liked the fat-finger-fixer. But I never really thought much about it otherwise.

[seeker5528]

I use whatever comes up when you open a terminal window or log in at the command line, and silly me, I thought dash was the default shell, at least that is what /bin/sh points too. :p

Might have to try changing that and see what happens.

:neutral: OK, that was a bad idea, no tab completion.

Later, Seeker

[doorknob60]

Zsh

[wojox]

Since most configuration scripts and settings are in bash, I use bash.

[L815]

Bash. I've used it the most; it's default, and it's worked well.

[Exodist]

I always used BASH, mostly due cause it default on most linux distros. But I like what I see about ZSH, I may just give that a try tonight.

[murderslastcrow]

Wutz BASH? :O *gets shot*

I usually use bash since it satisfies the most advanced scripting I've ever taken part in quite easily. I'll have to read up on the others.

[kevdog]

Ever get the feeling a bunch of zsh fanboys are lurking about?

[FuturePilot]

Ever get the feeling a bunch of zsh fanboys are lurking about?

Perhaps. Just read my sig. We're all over the place ;)

[renkinjutsu]

Re: What shell do you use?
Thanks to this thread, i now use zsh ... :-\"

[SunnyRabbiera]

Koopa shell

[thegreenblob]

I use bash. Never bothered trying anything else.

[Mornedhel]

Seeing as many bash users are wooed by zsh's fancy features, I will counterattack with a few not-enabled-by-default bash options. Some may be available only in bash 4.x, which is installed by default in Karmic Koala, but not, IIRC, in Jaunty.


shopt -s globstar

and now you can use ** globs like in zsh, like so:


ls **/*.java

displays a list of all .java files anywhere below current directory. The globstar option is a bash 4.x feature.

Basic spellchecking for cd is available since at least bash 3.x:


user@host:~$ shopt -s cdspell
user@host:~$ cd snadbox
sandbox
user@host:~/sandbox$

The menu-complete behavior provides zsh-style completion. You can enable it like this:

Add in ~/.inputrc (or create the file if it doesn't exist):

set show-all-if-ambiguous on

This makes bash show all possible matches on the first TAB press instead of the second one as is the default.

Add in ~/.bashrc:

bind '"\t": menu-complete'

This gives us the zsh-style completion. The first TAB will show a possible completion; subsequent presses will cycle through the rest. menu-complete is a bash 3.x (if not earlier) feature. (This doesn't include things like completing /u/s/l to /usr/share/lib; AFAIK this feature does not exist at all in bash, but I would love for someone to prove me wrong.)

Now you too can get to keep your favorite shell and sneer at those other dudes who use some weird unpronounceable shell!

[lukjad]

Take a look at this http://friedcpu.wordpress.com/2007/07/24/zsh-the-last-shell-youll-ever-need/

SWEEET! I'm so gonna install it.