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  28     dc:description="Jim, it is apparently a csh&apos;ism that $? is not available but $status is: Randws035:csh [randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib] ls /non/existant /non/existant: No such file or directory [randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib] echo $status 2 [randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib] ls /non/existant /non/existant: No such file or directory [randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib] echo $?..."
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  63                         <h3 class="entry-header">csh vs. tcsh status</h3>
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  66                               <p>Jim, it is apparently a csh'ism that $? is not available but $status is:</p>
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  69 <font color="#3333ff"><b>Randws035:</b></font><u>csh</u>
  70 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>ls /non/existant</u>
  71 /non/existant: No such file or directory
  72 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>echo $status</u>
  73 2
  74 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>ls /non/existant</u>
  75 /non/existant: No such file or directory
  76 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>echo $?</u>
  77 Variable syntax
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  80 <p>Whereas in tcsh:</p>
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  83 <font color="#3333ff"><b>Randws035:</b></font><u>tcsh</u>
  84 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>ls /non/existant</u>
  85 /non/existant: No such file or directory
  86 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>echo $status</u>
  87 2
  88 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>ls /non/existant</u>
  89 /non/existant: No such file or directory
  90 <font color="#cc6600"><b>[randws035/vobs/rnc/rrt/rlib]</b></font> <u>echo $?</u>
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