Computing Dictionary
Bourne shell definition
(sh, Shellish). The original
command-line interpreter shell and script language for
Unix written by S.R. Bourne of
Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the
Berkeley C shell,
csh but still widely used for writing
shell scripts.
There were even earlier shells, see
glob. [Details?]
ash is a Bourne Shell clone.
["Unix
Time-Sharing System: The Unix Shell", S.R. Bourne, Bell Sys Tech J 57(6):1971-1990 (Jul 1978)].
