System Administration Guide: Basic Administration

Shell Features

The following table lists basic shell features that each shell provides, which can help you determine what you can and can't do when creating user initialization files for each shell.

Table 4–17 Basic Features of Bourne, C, and Korn Shells

Feature 

Bourne 

Korn 

Known as the standard shell in UNIX 

Applicable 

N/A 

N/A 

Compatible syntax with Bourne shell 

N/A 

Applicable 

Job control 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Applicable 

History list 

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Command-line editing 

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Aliases 

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Single-character abbreviation for login directory 

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Protection from overwriting (noclobber)

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Setting to ignore Control-D (ignoreeof)

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Enhanced cd command

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Initialization file separate from .profile

N/A 

Applicable 

Applicable 

Logout file 

N/A 

Applicable 

N/A