Package: mksh (35.2-2)

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, Login, Software Development: Interpreter, Implemented in: C, User Interface: Command Line, Command Shell, Made Of: Manuals in Nroff Format, Role: Program, Scope: Application, Purpose: Login, World Wide Web: CGI, Works with: Text, Unicode