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ksh


Information about the package, ksh, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ksh package is designed for, The Original ATT Korn Shell.


Package Name:

ksh

Summary:

The Original ATT Korn Shell

Description:

KSH-93 is the most recent version of the KornShell by David Korn of AT&T Bell Laboratories. KornShell is a shell programming language, which is upward compatible with "sh" (the Bourne Shell).

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

20120801

Release:

37.el6_9

Size:

761 k

Repository:

updates

From Repository:

Licence:

EPL



Handy Yum Commands for ksh


Control the ksh package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install ksh

This command will install ksh on the server.

yum remove ksh

This command will un-install ksh on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ksh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove ksh

This command will un-install ksh on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ksh when using the -y flag.

yum update ksh

This command will update ksh to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ksh, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update ksh

This command will update ksh to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ksh when using the -y flag.

yum info ksh

This command will show you core information about the ksh package.

yum deplist ksh

This command will show you the dependencies for ksh. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update ksh

This command will check if there is an update waiting on ksh. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.