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KornShell vs Zsh

A side-by-side look at KornShell and Zsh. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

KornShell

KornShell

Development

KornShell (ksh) is a Unix shell and command language written by David Korn. It is backward-compatible with the Bourne shell and includes many features from Bash and C shell. KornShell is known for its interactive scripting and job control features.

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Zsh

Zsh

Os & Utilities

Zsh is a UNIX command line interpreter and scripting language that is compatible with bash but includes many additional features and customization options. It offers powerful tab completion, spelling correction, better globbing, theming, and plugin support.

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