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When comparing tcsh (shell) vs Eshell (Emacs SHell), the Slant community recommends Eshell (Emacs SHell) for most people. In the question“What are the best UNIX shells?” Eshell (Emacs SHell) is ranked 4th while tcsh (shell) is ranked 10th.
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Pros
Pro C-like shell
It's a C-like shell with tenex command-completion feature, which is very convenient.
Pro Organized documentation
All the documentation that's needed to use tcsh is located in man tcsh
instead of being spread on various helper programs.
Pro Can invoke almost any elisp function loaded in Emacs
Pro Written in emacs lisp
Cons
Con Limited support online
The support and number of guides and tutorials is rather limited for tcsh online because there are not many people who use it. At least compared to some of the other more popular alternatives.