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'''Almquist Shell''' is a minimal implementation of a [[POSIX]] shell, and also a replacement for [[compatible with::Bourne Shell]]. Almquist Shell has more features than Bourne Shell, but fewer features than most other shells. (No arrays!) Almquist Shell only implements POSIX features, plus a few [[BSD]] traditions, like its <code>local</code> command. Almquist Shell is the default shell, <code>/bin/sh</code>, of some systems. |
'''Almquist Shell''' is a minimal implementation of a [[POSIX]] shell, and also a replacement for [[compatible with::Bourne Shell]]. Almquist Shell has more features than Bourne Shell, but fewer features than most other shells. (No arrays!) Almquist Shell only implements POSIX features, plus a few [[BSD]] traditions, like its <code>local</code> command. Almquist Shell is the default shell, <code>/bin/sh</code>, of some systems. |
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If a script works with Almquist Shell, it will probably also work with [[bash]], [[pdksh]] and [[zsh]]. Further, it will probably work with [[ksh93]] ''unless'' it uses <code>local</code>, which ksh93 lacks. |
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Almquist Shell filled the need for a free shell to replace Bourne Shell. Kenneth Almquist posted [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.unix/msg/2774e7653a8e6274 the first version of Ash] to Usenet group comp.sources.unix at 30 May 1989. It was a clone of SVR3 Bourne Shell. [[BSD]] used Ash for <code>/bin/sh</code>, added features from POSIX, and put a Berkeley copyright on this shell. |
Almquist Shell filled the need for a free shell to replace Bourne Shell. Kenneth Almquist posted [http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sources.unix/msg/2774e7653a8e6274 the first version of Ash] to Usenet group comp.sources.unix at 30 May 1989. It was a clone of SVR3 Bourne Shell. [[BSD]] used Ash for <code>/bin/sh</code>, added features from POSIX, and put a Berkeley copyright on this shell. |
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Revision as of 02:22, 2 January 2012
Almquist Shell is a minimal implementation of a POSIX shell, and also a replacement for Bourne Shell. Almquist Shell has more features than Bourne Shell, but fewer features than most other shells. (No arrays!) Almquist Shell only implements POSIX features, plus a few BSD traditions, like its local command. Almquist Shell is the default shell, /bin/sh, of some systems.
If a script works with Almquist Shell, it will probably also work with bash, pdksh and zsh. Further, it will probably work with ksh93 unless it uses local, which ksh93 lacks.
Almquist Shell filled the need for a free shell to replace Bourne Shell. Kenneth Almquist posted the first version of Ash to Usenet group comp.sources.unix at 30 May 1989. It was a clone of SVR3 Bourne Shell. BSD used Ash for /bin/sh, added features from POSIX, and put a Berkeley copyright on this shell.
Almquist variants
Ash has three major variants:
All three variants have similar features. Dash can run on GNU/Linux.
See also
- Almquist shell, Wikipedia's article
- Ash (Almquist Shell) Variants, a history of many Ash versions and their features