2026-09-05 13:57 UTC
@justine
I use mksh the MirBSD Korn Shell.
There was a reason I switch years ago, but its lost to time. While bash is ksh compatible, people tend to use non-portable bash features; mksh is much smaller than bash on NetBSD.
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@sirwumpus@tilde.zone 2026-09-05 14:03
@justine See also Wikipedia Korn Shell for a history and assorted versions.
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@overeducatedredneck@bitbang.social 2026-09-05 15:00
@sirwumpus@tilde.zone @justine like oksh, mksh (MirBSD ksh) is a lightly modified pdksh fork. I switch between oksh (openbsd, some linux), pdksh (netbsd) and mksh (debian) pretty regularly, and I don't notice much difference. I don't do a lot of advanced configuration, though.