setenv 'command not found'

[ozzy_mo]

Hello
I've recently installed, well few months ago installed Redhat Linux 7.0
on my PC.
I'm trying to install some software which requires the command line:

setenv -t ..............
of which I get the response
bash: setenv 'command not found'

I've searched my disk and this command isn't present, can any one steer
me in the right direction.
Thanks.

OZ.

[Stephen Rank]

ozzy_mo <ozz...@hotmail.com> writes:

Looks like a [t]csh-ism to me, while you're using bash. If you've got
`setenv foo bar', bash will understand `export foo=bar', though the
`-t' is a bit odd (`setenv -t foobar' will result in the variable `-t'
having the value `foobar', which is fine, but slightly weird).

HTH,

Stephen

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[Jim Howes]

ozzy_mo wrote:
>
> Hello
> I've recently installed, well few months ago installed Redhat Linux 7.0
> on my PC.
> I'm trying to install some software which requires the command line:
>
> setenv -t ..............
> of which I get the response
> bash: setenv 'command not found'

setenv is used in C-Shell's such as tcsh. Bash has 'export' like the
original bourne shell. For instance..

C-Shell

setenv FOO /usr/bin/bletch

Bash/sh

FOO=/usr/bin/bletch
export FOO

or, in Bash

export FOO=/usr/bin/bletch

Or, you could run something like tcsh.
If you want to change your default shell, use chsh (Change Shell)

[spi...@freenet.co.uk]

setenv is a shell command... Just not a bash shell command.
It's common in csh derivatives like tcsh.

The bash equivalent is export...
setenv DISPLAY :0
would be
export DISPLAY=:0
for example.