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# 8  
Old 03-17-2011
This works in bash:
Code:
echo ${PWD##*/}

[Edit: Derp - I somehow missed everyone else's replies. Sorry for the repeat.]
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# 9  
Old 03-17-2011
Thanks. Yeah, I tried it and it works. "scottn" posted this command a couple of minutes ago.

-G
# 10  
Old 03-17-2011
Quote:
Originally Posted by gaurab
I know this sounds dumb but I don't really know (never actually bothered to find out) why people use tcsh.
It's a BSD thing.

Either that or alien mind control.

Perhaps both.

...and once you start scripting in it you're stuck since your scripts are nigh untranslatable and work nowhere else...
# 11  
Old 03-17-2011
Add "historic pre-misconception" (if that's a word) and I think we've cracked it!

Why it was popular in the 1980's (at least it's "inferior" precursor - csh) is fairly clear. Why anyone uses it today is clearly baffling!
# 12  
Old 03-17-2011
I'd buy Bill Joy a beer for vi, but punch him halfway through the round for NFS and csh.

I guess we shouldn't blame him completely, though. NFS and csh were good for their time - it's those lousy *users* that kept them alive to modern times.
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Old 03-17-2011
I'd punch him for all three. Smilie
# 14  
Old 03-18-2011
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Originally Posted by LivinFree
I'd buy Bill Joy a beer for vi, but punch him halfway through the round for NFS and csh.

I guess we shouldn't blame him completely, though. NFS and csh were good for their time - it's those lousy *users* that kept them alive to modern times.
I'm staring at one of your frustrations right now.
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