Directory of Shell Resources

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Shells are interactive, programmable command interpreters for Unix and GNU-Linux operating systems (OSs). They have text-only interfaces, have some of the properties of programming languages, and are often used for remote access to systems through telnet or SSH client programs.

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• csh
• ksh
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• zsh

Resources in This Category

• comp.unix.shell FAQ

  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/intro/
  Plain-text FAQ with newsgroup links.

• Cygwin

  http://www.cygwin.com/
  Windows ports of many of the popular GNU software tools, including the BASH and tcsh shells.

• Fake User SHell Interface (FUSHI)

  http://fushi.sourceforge.net/
  A program which helps the user to learn the basics of Linux quickly. It keeps the user in a safe environment and allows him to learn effectively.

• File Permissions Ninja

  http://file-permissions.ninja/
  Online tool to convert different types of Unix file permissions.

• GNV

  http://gnv.sourceforge.net/
  A Unix environment for the VMS operating system, including a port of the bash shell.

• HTML Shell

  http://www.nmmm.nu/linux/sh/htsh.htm
  A platform for embedding Unix shell commands and complete shell scripts into a webpage.

• Jsh Development Home

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsh/
  Development page for jsh, an OS independent shell with native Java support. Links to download source and binaries.

• JSH Resources

  http://gerard.collin3.free.fr/
  Jsh advocacy page; hosts documentation, binaries and source for jsh, an OS independent shell with native Java support.

• MacShell

  http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/fred/macshell.html
  Unix-like command line interface for the Macintosh, modeled on csh.

• MKS Toolkit

  http://www.ptc.com/developer-tools/mks-toolkit
  Ksh and Csh for Win32 environments, as well as a full development environment.

• New Adventure Shell

  http://nadvsh.sourceforge.net/
  Script written in ksh/bash/zsh which causes the user's shell to act like a text adventure game.

• Psh Development Home

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/psh/
  Development page for psh, a native Perl shell for Windows 95/98/2000 and POSIX operating systems. Documentation and mailing list archives available online, with source and binaries available for download.

• Rc, the Plan 9 Shell

  http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/rc
  A paper by Tom Duff describing the rc shell for Plan 9 from Bell Labs and contrasting it to Unix's Bourne Shell.

• Scsh

  http://scsh.net/
  Scheme Shell, broad-spectrum system programming environment for Unix, embedded in R5RS Scheme 48. Supports concurrent system programming, sophisticated I/O and automatic garbage collection for process resources.

• Sh

  http://man.cat-v.org/unix-1st/1/sh
  Manual page for the original Unix First Edition shell.

• Shell Overview

  http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/unixhelp/shell/index.html
  A high-level examination of the Unix shell.

• Softpanorama Open Source University

  http://www.softpanorama.org/Scripting/shells.shtml
  Open content tutorials and other information on bash, ksh, and zsh.

• The Es Shell

  http://hawkwind.cs.toronto.edu:8001/mlists/es.html
  A highly programmable shell inspired by the rc shell and scheme. Mailing list archives and source code.

• V6 Thompson Shell Port

  http://v6shell.org/
  Sources, documentation and a blog for a port of the original Unix 6th Edition to modern Unix systems, with some backwards compatible enhancements and new utilities.

• VCL

  http://www.bosbc.com/vcl.htm
  An emulator of OpenVMS's Digital Command Language for Windows and UNIX

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