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The Korn shell.
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In computing what does KSH mean?
KSH is an abbreviation for korn shell. Korn shell is a command interpreter for the Unix programming language. It was written in 1983 by David Korn at Bell Labs.
What are the different shells in Unix?
There are many possible Unix shells that users have access to. Some of these are: sh - Bourne shell (the original shell) ksh - Korn shell bash - Bourne-again shell csh - C shell tcsh - variant of the C shell and other features zsh - the 'z' shell rsh - Restricted shell ksh93 - '93 version of ksh
Is OS2 an application written to provide a GUI shell for UNIX?
No.
What has the author William Holliker written?
William Holliker has written: 'UNIX Shell commands quick reference' -- subject(s): UNIX (Computer file), UNIX Shells
What is the default Unix shell?
There is no "default" Unix shell. Different Unix vendors shipped different shells.
What does Korn and Bourne have to do with Unix to a non-programmer who is trying to understand some of this stuff?
They are both UNIX shells, that is some kind of old DOS environments on older PCs, but just doing similar things in UNIX. Both provide opportunities for scripting and doing other admin work in the UNIX environment. They differ slightly, and basically are about the same thing wrapped in different vendors presentations- if memory serves me well, Korn comes with Sun/Solaris ...and is supposed to be more up to date. Provided with Linux (which is quite like Unix) is the Bash shell which is derived from the Bourne shell and is a superset of it. See the link below for some more information.
What application is written to provide a GUI shell for Unix and Linux?
X Windows
Applications written to provide a GUI shell for Unix and Linux are called?
x windows
What is k-shell?
A shell is a "command prompt" like application in unix based systems, there are many shells, k-shell (ksh) is one of them, others are bourne-shell (sh), born again shell (bash) etc .... They have their own set of commands, some of them may be supported by more than one shell. states above are correct k-shell or korn shell.
Original UNIX shell?
The first shell was 'sh', the Bourne Shell
Where can you get a Unix shell for Windows?
A Unix shell can be obtained in Cygwin, a Unix compatibility layer used to compile Unix programs and run them on Windows. Microsoft also makes a shell known as "Windows PowerShell" which incorporates more Unix-like features than the standard command prompt.
What is a Unix 'default shell'?
The a default Unix shell is the shell that comes with and is activated initially with your distribution of Unix. The shell is essentially the program the runs the command line interface allowing someone to interact with their computer. Some examples are the Bourne-Again shell (bash) or the Bourne shell (sh).
