[TxMt] Re: zsh instead of bash

[Allan Odgaard]

On 29 Jul 2010, at 22:05, Iain Barnett wrote:

> [...] This works with zsh (in the terminal) because I've set the  
> option RC_QUOTE so the double quote within the quotes will become a  
> single one.

Using zsh as interpreter for scripts does not source the same files as  
when used as an interactive shell — it is also a bad idea to make  
commands rely on certain options being set (not portable or robust  
against system upgrades etc.).

This command works:

     #!/bin/zsh
     setopt RC_QUOTES
     perl -p -e 's/’/''/g;'

> [...] I could've written it straight into perl I suppose, but since  
> the command line options write half the code for me that feels like  
> a poor substitute.

This is the perl version:

     #!/usr/bin/perl -p
     s/’/'/g;

> Is there no way to make zsh the default?

As said, you can set it via the shebang :)