Linux Shells

[Hal Duston]

On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Duane Attaway wrote:

> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Randy Weidman wrote:
> 
> > I was reading in a book, "Unix Using Linux" by Dent and Gaddis, where
> > the statement "All Linux Versions use the Bash Shell by default".
> 
> Bash seems to be the most popular, rich with features, and maintains
> compatibility with the IEEE POSIX standards.  It also has wonderful
> command line completion features.  Most init scripts use bash as their
> shell.
> 
> Other popular shells include ccsh, dsh, esh, pdksh, psh, sash, scsh, tcsh,
> zsh.  Bash embraces and extends most of these gracefully.
> 

And many distros are now including REAL ksh.

Hal