KornShell

Summary

KornShell is an Unix shell^[1]. KornShell draws 393 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #2 of 11).^[2]

Key Facts

• KornShell's image is recorded as OpenBSD ksh Interaction.png^[3].
• KornShell's instance of is recorded as Unix shell^[4].
• KornShell's instance of is recorded as scripting language^[5].
• KornShell's instance of is recorded as command line interface language^[6].
• KornShell's developer is recorded as David Korn^[7].
• KornShell's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89000278^[8].
• KornShell's copyright license is recorded as Eclipse Public License 1.0^[9].
• KornShell's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[10].
• KornShell's operating system is recorded as Q11368^[11].
• KornShell's operating system is recorded as Q3251801^[12].
• KornShell's operating system is recorded as BSD^[13].
• KornShell's has use is recorded as Unix shell^[14].
• +1983-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of KornShell^[15].
• KornShell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04d61^[16].
• KornShell's official website is recorded as http://kornshell.com^[17].
• KornShell's work available at URL is recorded as https://github.com/att/ast/tree/master/src/cmd/ksh93^[18].
• KornShell's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/ksh^[19].
• KornShell's Free Software Directory entry is recorded as ksh^[20].
• KornShell's Quora topic ID is recorded as Korn-Shell-1^[21].
• KornShell's Debian stable package is recorded as ksh^[22].
• KornShell's Arch Linux package is recorded as ksh^[23].
• KornShell's Ubuntu package is recorded as ksh^[24].
• KornShell's Gentoo package is recorded as app-shells/ksh^[25].
• KornShell's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted^[26].
• KornShell's FreeBSD port is recorded as shells/ksh93^[27].

Why It Matters

KornShell draws 393 Wikipedia views per month (unix_shell category, ranking #2 of 11).^[2] KornShell has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] KornShell is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

KornShell has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash^[30], a GNU package^[31], founded in 1989^[32].

FAQs

Who did KornShell influence?

KornShell has been cited as an influence by GNU Bash^[30].