Korn Shell: Unix and Linux Programming Manual, Third Edition, The

Miscellaneous Commands

The following sections contain Korn shell equivalents of some miscellaneous C shell commands and functions.

The .logout File

In the C shell, commands in the ∼/.logout file are executed on exit. If the following command is added to the ∼/.profile file, then the same thing will happen in the Korn shell:

						trap '. ∼/.logout' EXIT
					

The chdir Command

The C shell chdir command changes to the specified directory and can be set to a Korn shell alias like this:

						alias chdir='cd'
					

The logout Command

The C shell logout command is equivalent to the exit command. It can be set to a Korn shell alias:

						alias logout='exit 0'
					

The setenv Command

The C shell setenv command is used to set/display variables and can be invoked like this: ...