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A collection of simple command line utilities also known as sh-utils, that was originally developed to replace traditional UNIX command line utilities with GPL licensed versions. Note that some of them make no sense with a traditional OS/2 command line or a replacement like 4OS/2 but may make some sense if used with an UNIX like shell similar to bourne or Bash. All of the utilities in the package have better or better suited native alternative available for OS/2.

The primary use of these utilities is when porting software from UNIX like operating systems that have dependencies on those or utilities with the same name, instead of patching the source to point to OS/2 equivalents and testing if they have compatible I/O, you can simply make the sh-utils a dependency. The development of the package had been minimal for most of its lifetime and inputs & outputs appear not to have changed at all, so it is usually not a huge issue if you have a severely outdated binary version of the package on your computer. The GNU shell utilities have been folded into the GNU coreutils package and are no longer developed or distributed on their own.

Versions

Last known version: sh-utils-2.0.15 (2003)
Last known 32 bit OS/2 version: sh-utils-2.0 (2001-10-09)
Last known 16 bit OS/2 version: sh-utils-1.3 (1991-10-29)

Authors & publisher

Free Software Foundation
Jun Sawataishi (OS/2 port)
Kai-Uwe Rommel (Original OS/2 port)

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 A collection of simple command line utilities also known as '''sh-utils''', that was originally developed to replace traditional [[UNIX]] command line utilities with [[GPL]] licensed versions. Note that some of them make no sense with a traditional OS/2 command line or a replacement like [[4OS/2]] but may make some sense if used with an [[UNIX like shell]] similar to [[bourne]] or [[Bash]]. All of the utilities in the package have better or better suited native alternative available for OS/2.
-The primary use of these utilities is when porting software from UNIX like operating systems that have dependencies on those or utilities with the same name, instead of patching the source to point to OS/2 equivalents and testing if they have compatible I/O, you can simply make the sh-utils a dependency. The development of the package had been minimal for most of its lifetime and inputs & outputs appear not to have changed at all, so it is usually not a huge issue if you have a severely outdated binary version of the package on your computer. The GNU shell utilities have been folded into the [[GNU coreutil]] package and are no longer developed or distributed on their own.
+The primary use of these utilities is when porting software from UNIX like operating systems that have dependencies on those or utilities with the same name, instead of patching the source to point to OS/2 equivalents and testing if they have compatible I/O, you can simply make the sh-utils a dependency. The development of the package had been minimal for most of its lifetime and inputs & outputs appear not to have changed at all, so it is usually not a huge issue if you have a severely outdated binary version of the package on your computer. The GNU shell utilities have been folded into the [[GNU coreutils]] package and are no longer developed or distributed on their own.
 ==Versions==
 * Last known version: sh-utils-2.0.15 (2003)
-* Last known 32 bit OS/2 version: sh-utils-2.0 (2001-10-09)
+* Last known 32 bit OS/2 version: [http://homepage1.nifty.com/jsawa/os2/gnu/sh-util.htm sh-utils-2.0] (2001-10-09)
 * Last known 16 bit OS/2 version: sh-utils-1.3 (1991-10-29)