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Asked: 2026-05-11T17:46:18+00:00

I know this question has kind-a started religious wars in past and there might

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I know this question has kind-a started “religious” wars in past and there might not be one correct answer. But after working with ksh and csh for last 3-4 years and going through the pain of porting from one to another or applying a common piece of logic to multiple versions (read as legacy code), if I am writing a new script, I would go for ksh, but out of compulsion rather than choice. Is there a better option other than ksh/csh? Also something that is portable across Unixes (Solaris/HP/IBM/FreeBSD) and Linux (and if I am not asking too much or it if does make sense all Linux flavors)

Waiting for suggestions …

Peace 🙂
Devang Kamdar

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  1. Editorial Team

    I would suggest plain old sh, which is available everywhere.

    Also, it is worth noting that portability involves not only shell but also other commands used in a script such as awk, grep, ps or echo.

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