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Shell Flavors

Shells differ in two primary respects: features and command syntax. There are some esoteric difference in capabilities which are of use to only the most sophisticated users..

  Bourne-ish C-ish
  Bourne Korn BASH C TC
  (sh) (ksh) (bash) (csh) (tcsh)
command history No Yes Yes Yes Yes
command alias No Yes Yes Yes Yes
shell scripts Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
filename completion No Yes* Yes Yes* Yes
command line editing No Yes* Yes No Yes
job control No Yes Yes Yes Yes



Reece Kimball Hart
1998-03-18