shell scripting languages

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Dash

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(on Wikipedia)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dash/dash.git
http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/dash/

A POSIX-compliant, and small, shell. See also sh.

Since it's creation for Debian, this has become the standard "vanilla shell".

my vanilla shell scripts
ShellCheck is a very valuable tool.

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Zsh

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.zsh.org/

A shell.

Though not usually available for a Linux distribution, it's exceptionally powerful enough that I insist upon it.

Default for macOS.

aka Z shell

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sh

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Software > Scripting Languages >

This is the "base language" for shell scripting under Linux.

This is generally known as "the vanilla shell".

Dash is very close to the vanilla shell, and is what I'm probably using.
My scripts are hosted in a git repository.

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Bash

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Software > Scripting Languages >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

A ubiquitous shell. The default for almost all Linux distributions.

Random notes on this software.

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TODO - there are a lot of other notes in deep archives

Software > DOS >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.4dos.info/ (Klaus Meinhard's Homepage)

The official DOS version is abandoned.
An an open source version was released for FreeDOS, but it appears to be abandoned.
The Windows version was called 4NT, but later renamed to TCC/LE

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Scripts can be found under https://github.com/spiralofhope/shell-random/tree/master/dead/4DOS
Uses descript.ion for extended file information.
See also Batch file programming

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