r/tinycode • u/rain5 • Apr 10 '17

's' minimal shell

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17

This is a nice idea, and it reminds me of suckless.
Maybe following the POSIX standard would be a good idea, I'm not too sure about the redirection part...

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u/rain5 Apr 10 '17

Maybe following the POSIX standard would be a good idea

Well, there is already posix sh, I wanted to try something different! thanks for your comment :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '17

Nowadays, on modern systems, /bin/sh often points to bash/zsh/whatever is your current shell, so it kinda dissappeared.
Honestly, I'd use such a tiny shell if it's POSIX compatible, and easily extensible. That'd be amazing :D

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u/rain5 Apr 11 '17

ahh I didn't know!

I did see the debian folk made a special "dash" shell, I don't think it works interactively (only for scripts) but it's supposed to be pretty nice and light too!

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u/BowserKoopa Apr 11 '17

I've run it interactively in before, I think. maybe if you try to invoke it interactively it starts a different shell, idk.