How Do I Run a Csh File in Linux?
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How do I run a CSH script in Linux?

Your best bet is simply to write a new version of your csh script as an sh script, and source or . it from the calling sh script. (csh treats the shell array variable $path specially, tying it to the environment variable $PATH . sh and its derivatives don’t do that, they deal with $PATH itself directly.)

How do I open a CSH shell?

When the first argument (argument 0) to the C Shell begins with the -, C Shell starts as a login shell. You can also specify a login shell by invoking csh with the -l option as the only argument.

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