Re: DOS batch to Unix shell translator?

bradh@lacewing.cs.uq.oz.au (Bradley Hards)
Sat, 30 Jul 1994 04:34:36 GMT

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From: bradh@lacewing.cs.uq.oz.au (Bradley Hards)
Keywords: tools
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Queensland
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Date: Sat, 30 Jul 1994 04:34:36 GMT

The moderator writes:

      [I suspect that you'll find the supporting programs, e.g. grep, more of a
      challenge to translate than the shell syntax. -John]

Maybe not. The gnuish project has done many ports of basic Unix(tm)
type utilities into DOS. Available on any SIMTEL mirror, as gnuish/
Without looking, there are probably some sh(1) type shells available
for DOS, and that might be easier to work with.

For those with a propensity for paying money for SW, the MKS toolkit
is often recommended.

Brad
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