Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!ai-lab!life.ai.mit.edu!guest From: guest@geech.ai.mit.edu (Guest Account) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Bash (was Re: csh) Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 01:06:32 GMT References: <5964@amc-gw.amc.com> <1991Mar7.043142.9412@blilly.UUCP> <1991Mar8.223519.25569@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> <2078@public.BTR.COM> Sender: news@ai.mit.edu Distribution: na Organization: Guest at MIT Lines: 8 In-reply-to: thad@public.BTR.COM's message of 11 Mar 91 04:42:04 GMT While we're on the subject, I have GNU bash (the Bourne Again SHell) running on my PC7300. I like it a lot. It has the Bourne Shell syntax but it has a lot of other nice features including command and filename completion. It also has shell functions. On the down side, I compiled it with gcc (no shared libs) and it is >600K. Daniel Guilderson ryan@cs.umb.edu