HP-UX 11i System Administration Handbook and Toolkit, Second Edition

C Shell Programming

Although shell programming techniques apply to all shells, generally speaking, there are some differences exist between the C shell and the KornShell. If you are using the C shell, I want you to get off to a quick start, so I'll cover the basics of C shell programming in this section. I'll cover each shell programming technique briefly and use basic examples to help reinforce each technique. In all of the following shell programs, any line beginning with a “#” is a comment. This is true except for the very first line of a shell program, in which the shell the script is written for is executed. In all of the following programs, the C shell is executed with #!/bin/csh, which is the path of the C shell on the Solaris system used ...