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KornShell

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The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It is an interactive command language that provides access to the UNIX system and to many other systems, on the many different computers and workstations on which it is implemented.

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  • FreeOpen Source

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  • US flagUnited States

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  • Linux
  • BSD
  • Cygwin
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  • Developed by

    US flagDavid G. Korn
  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.
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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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KornShell was added to AlternativeTo by kcalvert on Jul 3, 2010 and this page was last updated Nov 18, 2020.
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What is KornShell?

The KornShell language was designed and developed by David G. Korn at AT&T Bell Laboratories. It is an interactive command language that provides access to the UNIX system and to many other systems, on the many different computers and workstations on which it is implemented. The KornShell language is also a complete, powerful, high-level programming language for writing applications, often more easily and quickly than with other high-level languages. This makes it especially suitable for prototyping. There are two other widely used shells, the Bourne shell developed by Steven Bourne at AT&T Bell Laboratories, and the C shell developed by Bill Joy at the University of California. ksh has the best features of both, plus many new features of its own. Thus ksh can do much to enhance your productivity and the quality of your work, both in interacting with the system, and in programming. ksh programs are easier to write, and are more concise and readable than programs written in a lower level language such as C.