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<blockquote data-quote="gatorparrots" data-source="post: 2857"><p><strong>ksh for OS X</strong></p><p>AT&T Research has a pre-compiled Darwin binary of ksh available for those wishing to try out a so-called scripting shell:</p><p><a href="https://www.research.att.com/" target="_blank">http://www.research.att.com/~gsf/cgi-bin/d...n=list&name=ksh</a></p><p>However, the AT&T version does not come with a man page and may generate <strong>locale</strong> errors under Darwin/OS X. Therefore, I suggest installing an alternative. If you want to try ksh on OS X, you can install pdksh (a <strong>korn</strong> shell clone) like so:</p><p><span style="color: blue">curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14.tar.gz</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">gnutar -xzf pdksh-5.2.14.tar.gz</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">cd pdksh-5.2.14</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14-patches.1</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14-patches.2</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">patch < pdksh-5.2.14-patches.1</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">patch < pdksh-5.2.14-patches.2</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">./configure --prefix=/usr/local</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">make</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">sudo -s</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">make install</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">echo "/usr/local/bin/ksh" >> /etc/shells</span></p><p><span style="color: blue">exit</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Available Shells in OS X</strong></p><p>On OS X 10.2, the default shell is <strong>tcsh</strong>. Here is a list of the provided shells:</p><p><strong>/bin/bash</strong></p><p><strong>/bin/csh</strong></p><p><strong>/bin/sh</strong></p><p><strong>/bin/tcsh</strong></p><p><strong>/bin/zsh</strong></p><p>(sh is actually bash running in sh compatibility mode; ksh can be invoked in zsh, but only in compatibility mode)</p><p></p><p><strong>bash</strong> was not included in 10.1.x allegedly due to licensing concerns on Apple's part. Now it is part of the shipping shell choices, although it has not yet been blessed with the default shell assignment status (as has <strong>tcsh</strong>).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gatorparrots, post: 2857"] [B]ksh for OS X[/B] AT&T Research has a pre-compiled Darwin binary of ksh available for those wishing to try out a so-called scripting shell: [URL='https://www.research.att.com/']http://www.research.att.com/~gsf/cgi-bin/d...n=list&name=ksh[/URL] However, the AT&T version does not come with a man page and may generate [B]locale[/B] errors under Darwin/OS X. Therefore, I suggest installing an alternative. If you want to try ksh on OS X, you can install pdksh (a [B]korn[/B] shell clone) like so: [COLOR=blue]curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14.tar.gz gnutar -xzf pdksh-5.2.14.tar.gz cd pdksh-5.2.14 curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14-patches.1 curl -O ftp://ftp.cs.mun.ca/pub/pdksh/pdksh-5.2.14-patches.2 patch < pdksh-5.2.14-patches.1 patch < pdksh-5.2.14-patches.2 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local make sudo -s make install echo "/usr/local/bin/ksh" >> /etc/shells exit[/COLOR] [B]Available Shells in OS X[/B] On OS X 10.2, the default shell is [B]tcsh[/B]. Here is a list of the provided shells: [B]/bin/bash /bin/csh /bin/sh /bin/tcsh /bin/zsh[/B] (sh is actually bash running in sh compatibility mode; ksh can be invoked in zsh, but only in compatibility mode) [B]bash[/B] was not included in 10.1.x allegedly due to licensing concerns on Apple's part. Now it is part of the shipping shell choices, although it has not yet been blessed with the default shell assignment status (as has [B]tcsh[/B]). [/QUOTE]
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