From: kent@sparky.imd.sterling.com (Kent Landfield)
Subject: Re: ksh for Linux & olwm for X (do they exist?)
Organization: Sterling Software
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:35:53 GMT
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In article <1992Jul28.025257.20807@muddcs.claremont.edu> jwinstea@jarthur.claremont.edu (Jim Winstead Jr.) writes:
>In article <1992Jul28.020712.16700@athena.mit.edu> klaus%eccx.dnet@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com (All you touch & all you see is all your life will ever be.) writes:
>>I havn't noticed any mention of ksh (korn shell) being available for Linux..Is 
>>it?  Is the source code available somewhere if not?
>
>I don't know if anyonehas compiled it for Linux, but there is a public
>domain implementation of the Korn shell out there.  Try and archie
>search for pdksh, or take a look at your favoite comp.sources.unix
>archive, I think it was posted there.

pdksh is available from any comp.sources.misc archive site.
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Here is the information on it.

Volume/Issue  Archive-name                  Subject
=====================================================================
v25i047      pdksh/part01     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part01/09
v25i048      pdksh/part02     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part02/09
v25i049      pdksh/part03     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part03/09
v25i052      pdksh/part06     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part06/09
v25i050      pdksh/part04     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part04/09
v25i053      pdksh/part07     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part07/09
v25i051      pdksh/part05     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part05/09
v25i054      pdksh/part08     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part08/09
v25i055      pdksh/part09     pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Part09/09
v26i071      pdksh/patch01a   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch01a/2
v26i072      pdksh/patch01b   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch01b/2
v29i081      pdksh/patch02a   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch02a/2
v29i082      pdksh/patch02b   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch02b/2
v29i083      pdksh/patch03a   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch03a/5
v29i084      pdksh/patch03b   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch03b/5
v29i085      pdksh/patch03c   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch03c/5
v29i086      pdksh/patch03d   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch03d/5
v29i087      pdksh/patch03e   pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch03e/5
v29i089      pdksh/patch04    pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch04
v29i096      pdksh/patch05    pdksh - Public Domain Korn Shell, v4, Patch05

Another shell with ksh capabilities that works very nicely is zsh.

v29i097      zsh2.2/part01      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part01/17
v29i098      zsh2.2/part02      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part02/17
v29i099      zsh2.2/part03      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part03/17
v29i100      zsh2.2/part04      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part04/17
v29i101      zsh2.2/part05      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part05/17
v29i102      zsh2.2/part06      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part06/17
v29i103      zsh2.2/part07      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part07/17
v29i104      zsh2.2/part08      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part08/17
v29i105      zsh2.2/part09      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part09/17
v29i106      zsh2.2/part10      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part10/17
v29i107      zsh2.2/part11      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part11/17
v29i108      zsh2.2/part12      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part12/17
v29i109      zsh2.2/part13      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part13/17
v29i110      zsh2.2/part14      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part14/17
v29i111      zsh2.2/part15      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part15/17
v29i112      zsh2.2/part16      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part16/17
v29i113      zsh2.2/part17      zsh2.2 - The Z shell, Part17/17

You might also try "rc".  Not the ksh type but a real good shell.

v30i024      rc/part01    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part01/07
v30i025      rc/part02    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part02/07
v30i026      rc/part03    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part03/07
v30i027      rc/part04    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part04/07
v30i028      rc/part05    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part05/07
v30i029      rc/part06    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part06/07
v30i030      rc/part07    rc - A Plan 9 shell reimplementation, v1.4, Part07/07

Again, all these shells are available in comp.sources.misc archives. I am sure
the authors would love to see them compiled/ported to Linux... :-)

			-Kent+
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