gwsh

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gwsh is a POSIX shell derived from dash.

Documentation

  • Manual in HTML format <https://hvdijk.github.io/gwsh/doc/gwsh.html>_.
  • Manual in PDF format <https://hvdijk.github.io/gwsh/doc/gwsh.pdf>_.

Installation

Pre-built packages of gwsh are provided for Debian Bookworm and Trixie, for amd64 and arm64 architectures.

To enable the repository and install gwsh:

.. code-block:: shell

# cat >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/gwsh.sources <<EOF
Types: deb
URIs: https://hvdijk.github.io/gwsh/
Suites: trixie
Components: main
Signed-By:
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# apt-get update
# apt-get install gwsh