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The shell is a program that acts as an interface between the user and the Linux kernel. In this section you will find many different shells that each incorporate their own distinct features.
Akanga
- Version: Stable 1.0.7
- Byte Size: 186.4 KB (190,890 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: September 11th, 1999
- Home Page: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/
- Description: Rc based shell with additions for file locking, temporary files, reading standard input, expr and let builtin.
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Ash
- Version: Stable 0.2
- Byte Size: 116.5 KB (119,315 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: May 6, 1989
- Binary: Source PPC
Sparc
Alpha
- Description: Ash is a reimplementation of the System V shell. Currently it has most features of that shell, plus some additions.
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Esh
- Version: Development 0.8
- Byte Size: 71.9 KB (73,619 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: September 27, 1999
- Binary: RPM
- Description: Esh is a new shell for Unix, written completely from scratch. It is very small, both in number of lines of source code and in memory consumption. The whole shell is about 4000 lines of C source code, which is half of BASH.
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Eshell
- Version: Stable 2.1
- Byte Size: 212.1 KB (217,182 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: December 6, 1999
- Home Page: http://www.emacs.org/~johnw/eshell.html#SEC2
- Description: Eshell is a command shell implemented entirely in Emacs Lisp. It invokes no external processes beyond those requested by the user. It is
intended to be a functional replacement for command shells such as bash, zsh, rc, 4dos; since Emacs itself is capable of handling most of the
tasks accomplished by such tools.
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Fsh
- Version: Stable 0.3
- Byte Size: 109.1 KB (111,702 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: February 15, 1999
- Description: Fsh is a tool for establishing an ssh tunnel for remote execution of commands without requiring an ssh authentication on every connection. Once the tunnel is established, remote commands can be executed almost instantaneously. This makes systems such as remote cvs over ssh much faster.
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GNAC Console Server
- Version: Stable 6.14
- Byte Size: 75.5 KB (77,293 bytes)
- License: Open Source
- Revision Date: February 29, 2000
- Home Page: http://www.conserver.com/
- Description: GNAC Console Server is a software based terminal server that takes care of logging
for you. All you need is a bunch of serial ports. It has
features such as being able to attach read-only to a
console and watch someone else type. (good for teaching admins).
Also, you can bump a read-write and make your connection read-write
and someone elses read-only (really good when you logged in from
home and forgot to disconnect before you left).
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GNU Bourne Again Shell
- Version: Stable 2.03
- Byte Size: 1.5 MB (1,565,156 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: October 12, 1999
- Binary: RPM
- Description: Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
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Nwsh
- Version: Stable 0.1.0
- Byte Size: 36.2 KB (37,120 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: September 26, 1999
- Description: Nwsh is a bash alternative designed for less RAM consumption. It will eventually feature module
support, as well as several convenience features that other shells do not have.
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Perl Shell
- Version: Stable 0.007
- Byte Size: 72.6 KB (74,332 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: February 21, 2000
- Home Page: http://www.focusresearch.com/gregor/psh/index.html
- Description: The Perl Shell is a shell that combines the interactive nature of a Unix shell with the power of Perl. The goal is to eventually have a full featured shell that behaves as expected for normal
shell activity. But, the Perl Shell will use Perl syntax and functionality for for control-flow statements and other things.
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TCSH
- Version: Stable 6.08
- Byte Size: 597.8 KB (612,159 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: October 2, 1998
- Binary: RPM PPC
Alpha
- Description: TCSH is a compatible version of the Berkeley UNIX C shell. It has a command language interpreter usable both as an interactive login shell and a shell script command processor.
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Zsh
- Version: Stable 3.1.5
- Byte Size: 847.2 KB (867,498 bytes)
- License: GPL
- Revision Date: June 18, 1999
- Binary: Source Alpha
PPC
- Description: Zsh is a command interpreter which mostly resembles the Korn shell. Includes a command-line editor and many other enhancements over the other shells.
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