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• tcsh vs yashyash is a POSIX-compliant shell with interactive line editing, suited to portable scripting. Its syntax differs from csh, and it has a small ecosystem.
• tcsh vs ksh 93u+mksh 93u+m continues the AT&T KornShell with POSIX-style syntax and ongoing fixes. It is mainly distributed as source and has a smaller community.
• tcsh vs MurexMurex is a shell with native JSON, YAML and CSV handling plus script error handling and tests. It is not POSIX compatible and has a smaller community.
• tcsh vs GNU BashGNU Bash uses sh-compatible POSIX syntax instead of csh syntax, so existing tcsh scripts must be rewritten. It is the most common scripting shell on Unix-like systems.
• tcsh vs ElvishElvish is a scripting language and shell with lists, maps and functions, available as a single binary that also runs on Windows. It is not POSIX or csh compatible.
• tcsh vs OilsOils provides OSH, which runs bash scripts with stricter error checking, and YSH, a newer shell language. Both are still before a 1.0 release.
• tcsh vs XonshXonsh is a shell whose language is a superset of Python 3 and runs on Windows and Android too. Its syntax differs from both csh and POSIX shells.