Command-line tool

tcsh

brew/tcsh

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Enhanced, fully compatible version of the Berkeley C shell

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install tcsh

Linux

brew install tcsh

Start an interactive shell session

tcsh

Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs

tcsh -f

Execute specific [c]ommands

tcsh -c "echo 'tcsh is executed'"

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