macOS
brew install tcshlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install tcshMacPorts ports tree · shells/tcsh/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für tcsh in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
brew install tcshlocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install tcshMacPorts ports tree · shells/tcsh/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo apk add tcshAlpine Linux edge package indexes · tcsh · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
sudo apt install tcshDebian stable package indexes · tcsh · Quelle: deb.debian.org
sudo dnf install tcshFedora Rawhide package metadata · tcsh · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
nix profile install nixpkgs#tcshnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/tc/tcsh/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
sudo pacman -S tcshArch Linux sync databases · tcsh · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com
sudo zypper install tcshopenSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · tcsh · Quelle: download.opensuse.org
Überblick
Enhanced, fully compatible version of the Berkeley C shell
Verlauf
tcsh is an enhanced, compatible Berkeley C shell used as both an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor. Its enduring package-manager identity is the C-shell lineage with command-line editing, completion, history, job control, and a long Unix portability trail.
The official manual describes tcsh as an enhanced but compatible version of the Berkeley Unix csh. The source tree preserves the older csh lineage in sh.c comments: Bill Joy's C shell work at UC Berkeley is dated October 1978 and May 1980, Jim Kulp's work is dated April 1980, Ken Greer's filename recognition work is dated October 1983, and Karl Kleinpaste's prompt, directory-stack, and login-watch additions are dated to the 1983-1984 period.
The modern tcsh project is maintained through the tcsh.org site, an Astron bug tracker and mailing list, release tarballs, and a read-only GitHub mirror. The Fixes file shows continuing 21st-century maintenance, with releases through the 6.24 series and fixes for history handling, prompts, color support, portability, and character-set behavior.
The supplied package metadata shows tcsh packaged across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, Arch, Alpine, MacPorts, Nix, and openSUSE. That breadth matches its status as a long-lived Unix shell: no longer the trend-setting interactive shell for most new users, but still packaged wherever compatibility with csh scripts, user dotfiles, or institutional shell habits matters.
The manual presents tcsh as usable both for interactive login sessions and shell script processing. Package users install it for C-shell compatibility plus interactive features such as programmable word completion, command-line editing, spelling correction, history substitution, job control, and the familiar csh-style syntax.
tcsh is significant because it is not just another CLI package; it is a login shell with system integration points, startup files, and decades of compatibility expectations. In package catalogs it carries historical Unix behavior forward while remaining actively maintained enough for modern build systems and distributions.
Sicherheitslage
generalized runtime or code generation signal.
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local files
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Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
/etc/csh.cshrc/etc/csh.login~/.tcshrc~/.cshrc~/.login/etc/csh.logout~/.logoutExecutables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
csh | cli | globales Executable | |
tcsh | cli | globales Executable |
Aktualität
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Installationsmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:tcsh |
|---|---|
| Version | 6.24.16 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/tcsh |
| Homepage | https://www.tcsh.org/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh#readme |
| Lizenz | BSD-3-Clause |
| Quellarchiv | https://astron.com/pub/tcsh/tcsh-6.24.16.tar.gz |
| Zuletzt aktualisiert | 2026-06-14T15:13:51+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken | libxcrypt, ncurses |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | tcsh |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
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tcsh 6.24.13-2
TENEX C Shell, an enhanced version of Berkeley csh
sudo apt install tcshtcsh
nix profile install nixpkgs#tcshtcsh 6.24.10-4build1
TENEX C Shell, an enhanced version of Berkeley csh
sudo apt install tcshtcsh 6.24.16-r0
extended C-shell
https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh
sudo apk add tcshtcsh-doc 6.24.16-r0
extended C-shell (documentation)
https://github.com/tcsh-org/tcsh
sudo apk add tcsh-doctcsh 6.24.16-1.fc45
An enhanced version of csh, the C shell
sudo dnf install tcshtcsh 6.24.16-1
Enhanced version of the Berkeley C shell
sudo pacman -S tcshtcsh 6.24.16-1.3
The C SHell
sudo zypper install tcshtcsh-lang 6.24.16-1.3
Translations for package tcsh
sudo zypper install tcsh-langtcsh
sudo port install tcshcsh 20240808-2
Shell with C-like syntax
https://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/bin/csh/
sudo apt install cshcsh 20230828-1
Shell with C-like syntax
https://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/bin/csh/
sudo apt install cshQuellspur
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