Working With Shells; Basics Of Shells: Characteristics, Choosing And Using - HP 9000 Series Owner's Manual

Working with Shells

Whenever you enter a command you are making use of a command interpreter
which interprets that command for HP-UX. The command interpreter is called
a shell .
When you log in, you are said to be \in" a shell . HP-UX supports several
di erent shells which behave in slightly di erent ways and give you varying
amounts of interactive support at your display. These are called the Bourne,
Korn, Posix, Key, and C Shells. Your system administrator determines which
shell you get when you rst log in, and you have the option of changing shells
later.
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Basics of Shells: Characteristics, Choosing and Using

HP-UX gives you your choice of several di erent shell-types which you can run:
the Bourne, Korn, Posix, Key, and C Shells. Each of these shells has di erent
characteristics, and you can increase the speed and eciency with which you
interact with HP-UX inside windows if you learn to use some of the built-in
features of the shell of your choice.
Using HP-UX and the
For details on shell features and behavior, please see the
Shells: User's Guide .
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