mksh 38.3-1ubuntu1 (i386 binary) in ubuntu karmic
mksh is the MirBSD enhanced version of the Public Domain Korn
shell (pdksh), a Bourne-compatible shell which is largely similar
to the original AT&T Korn shell; mksh is the only pdksh derivate
currently being actively developed.
It includes bug fixes and feature improvements, in order to produce a
modern, robust shell good for interactive and especially script use.
mksh has UTF-8 support (e.g. in the emacs command line editing mode);
R38c corresponds to OpenBSD 4.5-current ksh (without GNU bash-like $PS1
and fancy character classes).
The code has throughoutly been cleaned up and simplified, bugs fixed,
standards compliance added, and several enhancements (for extended
compatibility to other modern shells, as well as a couple of its own)
have been placed.
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The mksh-static binary is a version of mksh, linked against dietlibc
(if dietlibc exists for that Debian architecture), and optimised for
small code size, for example for use on initrd or initramfs images,
installation or rescue systems.
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A sample ~/.mkshrc is included in /usr/share/
provided as /etc/skel/.mkshrc conffile.
Details
- Package version:
- 38.3-1ubuntu1
- Status:
- Superseded
- Component:
- universe
- Priority:
- Optional
Downloadable files
- mksh_38.3-1ubuntu1_i386.deb (deleted)
Package relationships
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