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Short: CLI with REAL pipes and TAB-FNCompletion
Type: util/shell
Replaces: util/shell/ZShell28.lha
Uploader: uj3w@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Martin Gierich)
Author: Paul Hayter, Martin Gierich
Version: 2.9
Requires: Nothing
Price: Free
For those who never read documents:
Please read at least the small chapter in the documentation called
"For Those Who Never Read The Whole Documentation".
Sorry, the file ZShell.doc is not updated in this release. Have a
look at ZShell.guide instead.
Features:
* Freeware, no payment required !
* Usage is similar (or better) to the standard AmigaDOS shell.
* Has 68 built-in commands including all often needed commands,
so no disk access is necessary.
eg. list, dir, cd, assign, delete, copy, move, path, info, type
* About 36K small (pure assembler code)
* Starting from Workbench (!) or CLI. No installation needed.
* ANONYMOUS PIPES. You can choose between real and pseudo pipes.
* Fast FILENAME COMPLETION by simply pressing TAB; shows all matches.
* REVIEW buffer to see again what scrolled out of the window.
* MENUS for convenient use.
* Some commands and debugging features for PROGRAMMERS.
* ONLINE HELP function and AmigaGuide documentation with examples.
* Support of OS2.0+ and OS3.0+ specific stuff.
* LOCALIZED using standard shell's catalog file.
* Can open its own screen
* Wild cards and recursive processing.
* Real RUN and NEWCLI command that reenters ZShell quickly.
* Application-Window/-Icon
* 100% script compatibility
* DIR and LIST both sort (by default) and show file sizes.
Description:
ZShell is a small (36K), fast and powerful Shell with many (68)
built-in commands. So it replaces most of the commands in the C:
directory (like LIST, COPY etc.) which saves disk space and
reduces disk accesses. There is NO way around ZShell for those
who do not have a hard disk or still have Kickstart 1.2/1.3 !
But it is very useful for those with a better Kickstart and/or
hard disk, too, because for example it has powerful editing &
history, filename completion, pipes, review buffer, some
Kickstart 2.0/3.0 specific features and a lovely LIST command.
I have tried to make ZShell compatible to the standard shell, not
just another UN*X shell clone, but with some features known from
UN*X shells. I especially have taken care that it is easy to use.
ZShell is very useful for programmers, because it has things like
showing EXEC-lists and the task list, memory dumping and other
things you usually find in debuggers.
You can switch off the internal command-line-editor to use
ZShell with console handlers like KingCON.
NOTE: The source code is available on Aminet in the archive
util/shell/ZShell29src.lha