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From: davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu
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Subject: Re: Bash - does it work?
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Date: 10 May 91 14:36:05 GMT
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> In article <1304@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>>Does the bash.ttp (The Bourne Again Shell) in "utilities/bash-bin.lzh" of
>>atari.archive work?  All I get is a useless prompt - I can't even cd.

BASH doesn't have much in the way of built-in utilities.  For example, the
rather simple 'ls' or 'cat' commands are missing.  When I tested BASH under
MINT, I was thankful that I had Allan Pratt's 'MINT'-ized utilities (available
on the atari.archive server as AKPUTIL7.ZOO in the mint directory.)

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David Paschall-Zimbel		davidli@simvax.labmed.umn.edu