An "echo $0" on MVS 5.2.2 yields "-sh". I guess it is a bourne shell.
echo -n "hello" -n hello Also indicates a strict bourne shell. I remember later tcsh becoming available for USS and much, much later bash. best, René. > On 27 Jan 2025, at 14:33, Rick Troth > <0000058ff5c2d0a7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I don't recall if OMVS ever included the Korn shell. Haven't paid close > enough attention. > > > (C) Copyright *Mortice Kern* Systems, Inc., 1985, 1996. > > The Mortice Kern Toolkit (MKS Toolkit) was also available for Windoze in > those days, an excellent "front" on an otherwise non-POSIX system, very > similar to what CYGWIN does. I remember requesting MKS TK from my management > at the time, but since it's a charge-for product they always wanted more > justification than I could muster. Naturally I then landed on CYGWIN which > was somewhat of a toy until around 2005. > > I was delighted to see MKS Toolkit as a significant part of OMVS because I > had seen and used it in the Microsoft world and it worked well there. > > Never seen "Kern" apart from "Mortice", so I took "kern shell" to be a typo > for "korn shell". > > > -- R; <>< > > > > > On 1/26/25 3:26 PM, Mike Schwab wrote: >> IBM >> Licensed Material - Property of IBM >> 5694-A01 Copyright IBM Corp. 1993, 2011 >> (C) Copyright *Mortice Kern* Systems, Inc., 1985, 1996. >> (C) Copyright Software Development Group, University of Waterloo, 1989. >> >> All Rights Reserved. >> >> U.S. Government Users Restricted Rights >> Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by >> GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. >> >> IBM is a registered trademark of the IBM Corp. >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM Paul Gilmartin < >> 0000042bfe9c879d-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 18:12:01 +0100, Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >>>> ... >>>>> How does Kern shell compare with Bourne shell and POSIX shell? >>>>> >>>>> A quick Google search for "Kern shell" returns mostly pages about >>>>> psychology or thermal engineering. >>>> Obvious typo. Was it funny? >>>> >>> More than I care to know about heat exchangers. >>> >>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KornShell >>>> >>> And I doubt that I mistyped. I copied "Kern shell" with mouse from >>> an earlier ply and pasted directly into the query string. >>> >>> And there seems to be a passing reference in an IBM page: >>> < >>> https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0?topic=procedures-accessing-unix-system-services-zos-unix-shell >>> -- gil >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >>> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN >>> >> > -- > -- R; <>< > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu <mailto:lists...@listserv.ua.edu> with > the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
