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The mksh
/ksh
MirBSD portable ksh
version is available from the shell variable $KSH_VERSION
.
This should be added to the lib/versions
script in a suitably portable manner, and also support for /bin/mksh
?
As this is on a Cygwin system, it is currently finding the mksh
MS Windows manifest version instead, which is amusing, but not helpful.
This variable was found using strings /bin/ksh | grep -i version
and confirmed from the command and man page.
$ /bin/ksh -c 'echo $KSH_VERSION'
@(#)MIRBSD KSH R56 2018/01/14
$ /bin/mksh -c 'echo $KSH_VERSION'
@(#)MIRBSD KSH R56 2018/01/14
$ man mksh
...
KSH_VERSION The name and version of the shell (read‐only).
See also the version commands in “Emacs editing mode” and
“Vi editing mode” sections, below.
...
Emacs editing mode
...
version: ^[^V
Display the version of mksh.
The current edit buffer is restored as soon as a key is pressed.
The restoring keypress is processed, unless it is a space.
...
Vi editing mode
...
^V Display the version of mksh.
The current edit buffer is restored as soon as a key is pressed.
The restoring keypress is ignored.
You might also want to consider supporting posh
:
$ /bin/posh -c 'echo $POSH_VERSION'
0.14.1
$ man posh
...
NAME
posh - Policy-compliant Ordinary SHell
...
DESCRIPTION
posh is a reimplementation of the Bourne shell,
a command interpreter for both interactive and script use.
...
AUTHORS
This shell is based on pdksh.
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