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Package: mksh (35.2-3)

enhanced version of the Korn shell

mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn shell (pdksh), a bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar to the original AT&T Korn shell. It includes bug fixes and feature improvements in order to produce a modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use. It has UTF-8 support in the emacs command line editing mode; corresponds to OpenBSD 4.4-beta ksh without GNU bash-like $PS1; the build environment requirements are autoconfigured; throughout code simplification/bugfix/enhancement has been done, and the shell has extended compatibility to other modern shells. The mksh-static binary is a version of mksh, linked against dietlibc if possible, and optimised for small code size, for example for use on initrd or initramfs images, installation or rescue systems. A sample ~/.mkshrc is included.

Tags: System Administration: System Boot, System Installation, Login, Software Development: Interpreter, POSIX shell, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Command Shell, Made Of: Manuals in Nroff Format, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Application Suite: BSD, Purpose: Login, World Wide Web: CGI, Works with: People, Running Programs, Source Code, Text, Unicode, Supports Format: Plain Text

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  • dep: debconf (>= 0.5)
    Debian configuration management system
    or debconf-2.0
    virtual package provided by cdebconf, cdebconf-udeb, debconf
  • dep: debconf (>= 1.4.69)
    Debian configuration management system
    or cdebconf (>= 0.39)
    Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation)
  • dep: libbsd0
    utility functions from BSD systems - shared library
  • dep: libc6 (>= 2.7-1) [not alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb
  • dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.7-1) [alpha, ia64]
    GNU C Library: Shared libraries
    also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb
  • dep: libgcc1 (>= 1:4.3) [armel]
    GCC support library
  • sug: ed
    The classic unix line editor

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alpha 315.5 kB696 kB [list of files]
amd64 292.3 kB600 kB [list of files]
arm 276.5 kB564 kB [list of files]
armel 504.9 kB1040 kB [list of files]
hppa 299.4 kB704 kB [list of files]
i386 264.2 kB476 kB [list of files]
ia64 423.6 kB1092 kB [list of files]
mips 292.1 kB704 kB [list of files]
mipsel 292.6 kB704 kB [list of files]
powerpc 285.8 kB616 kB [list of files]
s390 296.9 kB616 kB [list of files]
sparc 275.4 kB584 kB [list of files]