Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsc!dcon From: dcon@cbnewsc.att.com (david.r.connet) Newsgroups: comp.unix.shell Subject: Re: what shell do I have? job-control Keywords: job-control Korn Bourne Message-ID: <1991Apr18.174129.1280@cbnewsc.att.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 17:41:29 GMT References: <1456@irit.irit.fr> <1410@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 12 In article <1410@ecicrl.ocunix.on.ca> clewis@ferret.ocunix.on.ca (Chris Lewis) writes: >They're both Bourne shells. "echo -n" is a BSD-istic echo, hence it's >preference on SunOS, and echo "\c" is an SV-istic echo. "[ test ]" >is a builtin in most Bourne shells nowadays. "echo" is a builtin >in many Bourne shells now too. On recent versions of SunOS there is >a complete suite of System V compatibility features, /bin/sh5 etc. There is actually a /5bin (or is it /usr/5bin, it's been a while...). The commands are in there (like sh, echo ...) Dave Connet dcon@iwtng.att.com