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key: pl/kornshell
kind: plang
name: "KornShell"
url: https://plangs.page/kornshell
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# KornShell

> Unix-based shell that combines features from C and Bourne shells, supporting POSIX standards.

Unix-based shell developed by David Korn that combines features from the C shell and Bourne shell. It introduced command line editing, associative arrays, and floating-point arithmetic operations, and conforms to established POSIX standards.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1983
- Homepage: http://kornshell.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/att/ast

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Interpreted](https://plangs.page/paradigm/interpreted)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)
- [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Untyped](https://plangs.page/type-system/untyped)

### Dialect of

- [Bash](https://plangs.page/bash)

### Influenced By

- [AWK](https://plangs.page/awk)
- [Bash](https://plangs.page/bash)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Licenses

- [EPL](https://plangs.page/license/epl)
- [ISC](https://plangs.page/license/isc)
- [LGPL](https://plangs.page/license/lgpl)
- [PD](https://plangs.page/license/public-domain)

### Tags

- [Automation](https://plangs.page/tag/automation)
- [CLI](https://plangs.page/tag/cli)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell)