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[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:36:24 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2011-01-25 23:59, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>> Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, I guess you're right, didn't think there were a lot people who
>>> used other shells. Since I almost know nothing about shell scripting  
>>> and
>>> even less about non-bourne shells, will it be possible to port to other
>>> shells? How much do they differ?
>>>
>>> --
>>> /Jacob Carlborg
>>
>> To add to Lutger's message. I believe it is sh that is required by all  
>> Posix systems, or at least an equivalent. Similarly I think vi is also  
>> a requirement.
>>
>> In all likelyhood you probably used a Bash specific feature, but  
>> usually everyone has bash even if they use zsh... Though Ubuntu/Debian  
>> has started pointing /bin/sh to dash which is complaint with posix...
>
> Ok. I'll see I can use only sh.

FWIW, /bin/sh is usually a symlink to bash, and it makes bash behave like  
the original Bourne Shell.

I typically find /bin/sh features to be enough for implementing most  
scripts.

A good reference (if you don't have it) is Unix in a nutshell, probably my  
most used textbook.

-Steve