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Article #4364Re: ksh
From: Andy Newman
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:24
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:24
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fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars Peter Fischer) writes:
>
>Get BASH (Bourne Again SHell), the GNU version of ksh with lots of csh
>niceties and other good stuff. I've used it as login shell on Sun's
>and NeXT for years, and it's truly the best shell available.
You cannot make absolute statements ("best shell available") about
subjective things like shells (and editors, and religions, and
politics, and music, and, ...)
BASH is quite usable but is also very large. A quick comparison on my
machine shows it using four times as much memory NeXT's /bin/sh.
You've got to ask yourself if its worth it...
--
Andy Newman (andy@research.canon.oz.au)
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