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Article #3927Re: Unix-like shell for IBM
From: Geraldo Veiga
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1990 01:33
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 1990 01:33
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In article <1990Oct13.010928.1732@odetics.com> frank@odetics.UUCP (Frank Merrow) writes: >In article <1990Oct11.195759.11163@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> eagle@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Daniel L'Hommedieu) writes: >>Is there a replacement shell for PC-DOS that will replace COMMAND.COM >>and allow Unix commands? I am continuously entering Unix commands at the >>DOS prompt, and DOS commands at the Unix prompt. If there isn't one >>already, I'll just end up writing it. Please reply via email. Thanks in >>advance for any info! > >of them give you the "look and feel" of Unix with litterally EVERYTHING >you are used to (grep, awk, cat, shell, etc....). The only two things >you will miss with both packages is 1) multi-tasking (DOS won't do it) and >csh (if that is your preferred shell). However, MKS provides ksh which >is basically Born Shell (sic) with the things from csh you REALLY want >(history and command fetch from history). The ksh also gives much better command line editing. I second the recommendation of the MKS tool kit.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!sun-barr!apple!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!ilan343 From: ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Unix-like shell for IBM Message-ID: <1990Oct14.013316.20436@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 14 Oct 90 01:33:16 GMT References: <1990Oct11.195759.11163@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1990Oct13.010928.1732@odetics.com> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 17