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introduction to zsh – Alternative shell for Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 19, 2010

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“zsh it’s a perfect alternative to the classic bash
that we have as default on our linux box.

“zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is
also a powerful scripting language. Many of the useful features of
bash, ksh, and tcsh were incorporated into zsh; many original
features were added.

“Origin

“The first version of zsh was written by Paul Falstad in 1990
when he was a student at Princeton University.

“Etymology

“The name zsh derives from Yale professor Zhong Shao, then a
teaching assistant at Princeton University. Paul Falstad thought
that Shao’s login name, “zsh”, was a good name for a shell.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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