C shell

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C shell

Summary

C shell is an Unix shell[1]. It draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #6 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • C shell is the creator of Bill Joy[3].
  • C shell was influenced by Q15777[4].
  • C shell's image is recorded as Tcsh ejecutándose en escritorio Mac OSX.png[5].
  • C shell's instance of is recorded as Unix shell[6].
  • C shell's instance of is recorded as programming language[7].
  • C shell's instance of is recorded as command line interface language[8].
  • C shell's instance of is recorded as free software[9].
  • C shell's followed by is recorded as tcsh[10].
  • C shell's developer is recorded as Bill Joy[11].
  • C shell's copyright license is recorded as 3-clause BSD License[12].
  • C shell's programmed in is recorded as Q15777[13].
  • C shell's operating system is recorded as BSD[14].
  • C shell's operating system is recorded as Q3251801[15].
  • C shell's has use is recorded as Unix shell[16].
  • +1978-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of C shell[17].
  • C shell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0nqsw[18].
  • C shell's media type is recorded as application/x-csh[19].
  • C shell's source code repository URL is recorded as http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/bin/csh/[20].
  • C shell's source code repository URL is recorded as https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/bin/csh/[21].
  • C shell's replaced by is recorded as tcsh[22].
  • C shell's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/csh[23].
  • C shell's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'zxx', 'text': 'csh'}[24].
  • C shell's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as Csh[25].
  • C shell's Quora topic ID is recorded as C-Shell[26].
  • C shell's Debian stable package is recorded as csh[27].

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Authorship and Creation

C shell is the creator of Bill Joy[3].

Adaptations and Inspiration

C shell's followed by is recorded as tcsh[10].

Why It Matters

C shell draws 160 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #6 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash[30], a GNU package[31], founded in 1989[32] and Hamilton C shell[33], a programming language[34].

FAQs

Who did C shell influence?

C shell has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash[30] and Hamilton C shell[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . openbsd.su. Retrieved . openbsd.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [4] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Encyclopedia of graphics file formats. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . bxr.su. bxr.su. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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