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DASH Shell

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks. DASH stands for Debian Almquist Shell.

Cost / License

  • Free
  • Open Source

Application types

Platforms

  • Linux
  • BSD

Features

  1.  Command line interface
  2.  Interpreter

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DASH Shell was added to AlternativeTo by kafene on and this page was last updated . DASH Shell is sometimes referred to as DASH

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What is DASH Shell?

DASH is a POSIX-compliant implementation of /bin/sh that aims to be as small as possible. It does this without sacrificing speed where possible. In fact, it is significantly faster than bash (the GNU Bourne-Again SHell) for most tasks. DASH stands for Debian Almquist Shell.