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From: koontz@cam.nist.gov (John E. Koontz X5180)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.programmer
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Batch files
Summary: Pseudo-Unix shells for MS-DOS systems.
Keywords: UNIX Shell
Message-ID: <2659@alpha.cam.nist.gov>
Date: 26 Feb 90 23:27:35 GMT
References: <360@tau-ceti.isc-br.com>
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Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
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In article <360@tau-ceti.isc-br.com>, geraldb@tau-ceti.isc-br.com (Gerald Bryan (Denver)) writes:
> Does anyone know of a batch file executor that looks like UNIX's Bourne
> shell but runs under MS-DOS ?  Or of any similarly powerful batch file
> executors ?

You might want to look at the MKS Toolkit (Korn Shell) or at Polytron's 
PolyShell (modified Bourne Shell).

Mortice Kern Systems, Inc.
35 King Street North
Waterloo, Ontario N2J 2W9
Canada

519-884-2251

Polytron
1700 NW 167th Place
Beaverton, OR  97006

800-547-4000

Both packages are carried by programming-oriented discounters, and it would
be cheaper to buy that way.

It seems to me that I've seen a comparative review somewhere recently, but
I don't recollect where.