Shell Flavors

Shells differ in two primary respects: features and command syntax. There are some esoteric difference in capabilities which are of use to only the most sophisticated users..

	Bourne-ish			C-ish
	Bourne	Korn	BASH	C	TC
	(sh)	(ksh)	(bash)	(csh)	(tcsh)
command history	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
command alias	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
shell scripts	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
filename completion	No	Yes*	Yes	Yes*	Yes
command line editing	No	Yes*	Yes	No	Yes
job control	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes