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From: umueller@iiic.ethz.ch (Urban Dominik Mueller)
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Subject: Re: CLI features
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Date: 2 May 91 11:51:00 GMT
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>In article <48144@ut-emx.uucp> lshaw@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (logan shaw) writes:
>   Maybe somebody out there will write a shell that implements &, |, *, 
>   and filename completion (all optionally to maintain compatibility).

CSH implements all, SKSH most of the features you're asking for, and they're
both public domain. Both have a powerful built in script language, and
CShell can additionally run AmigaDOS scripts. Note that SKSH still has
bugs under kickstart 2.0. SKSH is around 60K, CSH 90K and residentable.

 U. Dominik Mueller      umueller@iiic.ethz.ch       .sig light!