Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:32:38 -0500 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@chuckr.org> To: Jurjen Middendorp <jurjenm@stack.nl>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pdksh vs. mksh info [was: Re: Apparently, csh programming is considered harmful.] Message-ID: <4766DCE6.6000902@chuckr.org> In-Reply-To: <20071217084051.GA1121@s062107.tue.nl> References: <20071214010542.GA19553@demeter.hydra> <200712132012.32729.mike.jeays@rogers.com> <20071214211008.GA12935@melon.esperance-linux.co.uk> <20071215021349.GF2062@kobe.laptop> <1197850883.4230.3.camel@tomcat.straycat.dhs.org> <4765EC7E.6050704@chuckr.org> <1197866090.6951.6.camel@tomcat.straycat.dhs.org> <20071217084051.GA1121@s062107.tue.nl>
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Jurjen Middendorp wrote: >>> If you're familiar with pdksh, are you also familiar with ksh93, which >>> is (I believe) Mr. Korn's own shell? If you are, I would be interessted >>> in your opinion of the two, any comparisons you might give. >> I've never used ksh93 so I really can't say. There is a NOTES file >> included with pdksh which gives a starter. I created this port a few >> years ago because of some random issue I've long since forgotten with >> pdksh on my FreeBSD box which didn't happen on my OpenBSD box. >> >> tom > > I never used pdksh, but am using ksh93 for quite a while now and have used > bash, too. For some reason i like it better than bash, the vi mode is a bit > better somehow, it feels alot sturdier. It doesn't have those special > variables like $! and !! i believe, but it has alot of neat features like > basic network programming, lots of parameter expansion stuff and is just a > very nice shell :) I havre installed it, and played with it a bit, I admit it's nicer than sh (and I *think*, bash) but the reason I haven't tried using it regularly is because I can't find a nicely set up .kshrc ... if you have one, I'd appreciate a copy. Might be nice, if it's not terribly long, to post it to the list, too.
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