C Shell Scripting/syntax

Comparison with Bourne shell

Features

• List Variables

C Shell has it Bourne doesn't.

• Shell Functions

Bourne has it C Shell doesn't

Syntax differences

• comments

# csh 
: sh

• assigning variables

set a = b
a = b

• expressions

if ( a < b ) then
if [ a -lt b ]

Bourne has more advanced command substitution syntax for embedding. (Bourne Shell Scripting/Substitution)

 $( date )

vs

`date`