Bourne shell

Summary

Bourne shell is an Unix shell^[1]. It draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #3 of 11).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bourne shell was influenced by ALGOL 68^[3].
• Bourne shell's image is recorded as Version 7 UNIX SIMH PDP11 Kernels Shell.png^[4].
• Bourne shell's instance of is recorded as Unix shell^[5].
• Bourne shell's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command^[6].
• Bourne shell's instance of is recorded as programming language^[7].
• Bourne shell's instance of is recorded as command line interface language^[8].
• Stephen R. Bourne is named after Bourne shell^[9].
• Bourne shell's developer is recorded as Stephen R. Bourne^[10].
• Bourne shell's operating system is recorded as Q11368^[11].
• Bourne shell's has use is recorded as Unix shell^[12].
• +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bourne shell^[13].
• Bourne shell's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Bourne shell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0n0_h^[15].
• Bourne shell's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/sh.html^[16].
• Bourne shell's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/sh^[17].
• Bourne shell's name in kana is recorded as ボーンシェル^[18].
• Bourne shell's sets environment variable is recorded as PWD^[19].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as HOME^[20].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as ENV^[21].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as FCEDIT^[22].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as HISTFILE^[23].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as HISTSIZE^[24].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG^[25].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL^[26].
• Bourne shell's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_COLLATE^[27].

Body

Publication

Bourne shell's publication date is recorded as +1977-01-01T00:00:00Z^[14].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Bourne shell include GNU Bash^[28], a GNU package^[29], founded in 1989^[30].

Why It Matters

Bourne shell draws 344 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #3 of 11).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

It has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash^[33], a GNU package^[34], founded in 1989^[35].

Entities named for it include GNU Bash^[28], a GNU package^[29], founded in 1989^[30].

FAQs

Who did Bourne shell influence?

Bourne shell has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash^[33].