ibmi_shells.md

List of IBM i Shells

This is my brain dump on IBM i shells after poking around the IFS.

I generally use bash nowadays as my main shell.

CALL QP2TERM

/QOpenSys/usr/bin/-sh

STRQSH - Start QShell

/QSYS.LIB/QSHELL.LIB/QZSHSH.PGM

sh - /usr/bin/sh

/usr/bin/sh
-points to-
/QSYS.LIB/QSHELL.LIB/QZSHSH.PGM

QShell - qsh - /usr/bin/qsh

/usr/bin/qsh -points to-
/QSYS.LIB/QSHELL.LIB/QZSHSH.PGM

QShell - qsh - Run QShell commands from PASE

/QOpenSys/usr/bin/qsh -points to-
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/PASE/bin/qsh

Korn Shell - sh - /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/sh

/QOpenSys/usr/bin/sh -points to-
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/PASE/bin/ksh

Korn Shell - ksh - /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/ksh

/QOpenSys/usr/bin/ksh -points to-
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/PASE/bin/ksh

Bourne Shell - bsh - /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/bsh

/QOpenSys/usr/bin/bsh -points to-
/QOpenSys/QIBM/ProdData/OS400/PASE/bin/bsh

Bourne Again Shell - bash - /QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/bash

/QOpenSys/pkgs/bin/bash

Links

V7R5 PASE
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=i-pase-shells-utilities

Settingd Bash as You Default Shell
https://ibmi-oss-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/troubleshooting/SETTING_BASH.html

Korn Shell AIX Info
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.2?topic=k-ksh-command

Bourne Shell AIX Info
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/aix/7.1?topic=shells-bourne-shell