Three different command oriented shells are available for the UnixWare
system.
You can choose to work with any one of them.
The shells are as follows:
Name
|
Filename
|
Features
|
Bourne Shell
|
/bin/sh
|
-
First shell to be developed.
-
Wildcards, basic command language.
-
Available on the UnixWare system.
|
Korn Shell
|
/bin/ksh
|
-
Compatible superset of Bourne shell facilities.
-
Command history editing (edit and reissue previously typed commands
interactively).
-
Aliases (the ability to define alternative names for commands).
-
Job control (the ability to run processes in the background and
manipulate background processes).
-
Extended language syntax (permits more complex scripts to be
written).
-
Recommended as the shell of first choice.
|
C Shell
|
/bin/csh
|
-
Different language syntax from Bourne and Korn shell family (similar
to the C programming language).
-
Command history recall (permits reuse of recently issued commands
without retyping them).
-
Aliases (the ability to define alternative names for commands).
Limited ability to redirect input and output.
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