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Introduction to the Unix Shell
Steve Bourne's original introduction to the original /bin/sh Bourne Shell.
http://www.dtumpa.com/UNIX/Bourne_intro_to_shell.html |
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Shell Configuration Files
Example startup files for bash, csh, ksh, sh and zsh.
http://www.dotfiles.com/index.php3?cat_id=6 |
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Midnight Commander
a combined shell and file manager. Part of the GNOME project.
http://www.gnome.org/projects/mc/ |
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Dotfile Generator
Program to automatically build configuration files for BASH and C shells.
http://www.blackie.dk/dotfile/ |
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MKS Toolkit
Ksh and Csh for Win32 environments, as well as a full development environment.
http://www.mkssoftware.com/products/tk/ds_tkdev.asp |
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VCL Man Page
Manual page for VCL, a VMS shell emulator for Unix.
http://hepwww.ph.man.ac.uk/people/jbanks/vcl.html |
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Shell Overview
A high-level examination of the Unix shell.
http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/unixhelp/shell/index.html |
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scsh
A broad-spectrum systems-programming environment for Unix-like operating systems. Based on R5RS Scheme.
http://www.scsh.net/ |
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Commandline Culture Shock
Advocate essay and guide for new shell users.
http://www.dsj.net/linux/commandline.html |
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MacShell
Unix-like command line interface for the Macintosh, modeled on csh.
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/fred/macshell.html |
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MUD-Shell
Shell written to operate like a text adventure game or MUD. Open source implementation in Perl.
http://www.xirium.com/tech/mud-shell/ |
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RC Shell
Unix port of the Plan-9 OS rc shell.
http://www.star.le.ac.uk/~tjg/rc/ |
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Korn Shell Home
Korn shell resources and documentation with multiple versions available for download.
http://www.kornshell.com/ |
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Introduction to Bash
Introduction to the bash shell under BeOS.
http://www.beforever.com/bashtut.htm |
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pdksh
Public domain Korn shell. Manuals and links to download it.
http://www.cs.mun.ca/~michael/pdksh/ |
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Psh Development Home
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.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/psh/ |
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Rc, the Plan 9 Shell
A command interpreter for the Plan 9 OS. The article contrasts rc with the Bourne shell, the closest Unix equivalent.
http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/1/rc |
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Cygwin
Windows ports of many of the popular GNU software tools, including the BASH and tcsh shells.
http://www.cygwin.com/ |
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VCL
Boston Business Computing's VCL page.
http://www.bosbc.com/vcl.htm |
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AE Shell
A standards-compliant Bourne Shell clone for Unix. Site includes source, binaries and documentation.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/oss/ae/ |
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Jsh Development Home
Development page for jsh, an OS independent shell with native Java support. Links to download source and binaries.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jsh/ |
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New Adventure Shell
Script written in ksh/bash/zsh which causes the user's shell to act like a text adventure game.
http://nadvsh.sourceforge.net/ |
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Hamilton C shell Product Overview
Hamilton C shell recreates the original UNIX C shell and utilities completely from scratch on Windows NT, Windows 95 and OS/2, adding numerous enhancements.
http://www.hamiltonlabs.com/cshell.htm |
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comp.unix.shell FAQ
Plain-text FAQ with newsgroup links.
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/intro/ |
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nShell-Pro
Source distribution of nShell, a Unix-clone command line interface for the Macintosh.
http://www.primenet.com/~jjens/nShell.html |
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Win32 ZSH
Z Shell ported to Windows 95/98/NT.
ftp://ftp.blarg.net/users/amol/zsh/ |
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Perl Shell
Home page for PSH, a native perl shell for Windows 95/98/2000 and POSIX operating systems. Documentation and binaries available for download.
http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/psh/ |
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HTML Shell
A platform for embedding Unix shell commands and complete shell scripts into a webpage.
http://www.nmmm.nu/linux/sh/htsh.htm |
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Open DCL Lite
Unix/GNU-Linux DCL emulator.
http://www.accelr8.com/dcll.html |
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VXDCL
A Unix port of the OpenVMS DCL interactive shell and command language.
http://www.sector7.com/OPENVMS%20MIGRATION/VX%20Tools/vxdcl.htm |
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Softpanorama Open Source University
Open content tutotials and other information on bash, ksh, and zsh.
http://www.softpanorama.org/Scripting/shells.shtml |
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Wapsh Home Page
A shell allowing logins to a Unix system from a WAP enabled cellular phone.
http://www.exolution.de/geschaeft/produkte/wapsh.en.htm |
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GNV
A Unix environment for the VMS operating system, including a port of the bash shell.
http://gnv.sourceforge.net/ |
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JSH Resources
Jsh advocacy page; hosts documentation, binaries and source for jsh, an OS independent shell with native Java support.
http://gerard.collin3.free.fr/ |
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Last File Manager
A Midnight Commander clone written by a hobbyist in Python. [Open Source, GPL]
http://www.terra.es/personal7/inigoserna/lfm/ |
Additional
Information: 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 
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