Invokes the Enhanced Korn shell.
ksh93 [ + | - a b c C e f h i k m n o p r s t u v x BDP ] [+-R file] [ +-o Option ] [arg...].
The ksh93 command invokes the Enhanced Korn shell, which is an interactive command interpreter and a command programming language. The shell carries out commands either interactively from a terminal keyboard or from a file.
The Enhanced Korn shell has additional features that are not available in the default Korn shell. For information regarding these additional features, refer to Enhanced Korn shell (ksh93) in AIX® Version 7.1 Operating system and device management.
For more information about the Korn shell, refer to Korn shell or POSIX shell commands in AIX Version 7.1 Operating system and device management.
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-B | Enables brace pattern field generation, and brace group expansion. This is set by default. |
-D | Does not execute the script, but results in the set of output strings in double quotation marks preceded by $. These strings are needed for localization of the script in different languages. |
-P | If the -P or -o profiles are present, the shell is called a profile shell. |
-a | Exports automatically all subsequent parameters that are defined. |
-b | Job completion messages are printed as soon as a background job changes state rather than waiting for the next prompt. |
-c | Causes commands to be read from the first argument. The remaining arguments become positional parameters starting from 0. |
-C | Prevents existing files from getting truncated when redirection > is used. O_EXCL mode is used to create files. Requires >| to truncate a file when -C option is used. |
-e | If not contained within a || or && command, or following an if while or until command, or in the pipeline following !, executes the ERR trap, if set, and exits if a command has a nonzero exit status. This mode is disabled while reading profiles. |
-f | Disables file name generation. |
-h | Designates each command as a tracked alias when first encountered. |
-i | Indicates that the shell is interactive. An interactive shell is also indicated if shell input and output are attached to a terminal (as determined by the ioctl subroutine). In this case, the TERM environment variable is ignored (so that the kill 0 command does not kill an interactive shell) and the INTR signal is caught and ignored (so that a wait state can be interrupted). In all cases, the QUIT signal is ignored by the shell. |
-k | (obsolete) Places all parameter assignment arguments in the environment for a command, not just those arguments that precede the command name. |
-m | Runs background jobs in a separate process and prints a line upon completion. The exit status of background jobs is reported in a completion message. On systems with job control, this flag is turned on automatically for interactive shells. |
-n | Reads commands and checks them for syntax errors,
but does not execute them. This flag is ignored for interactive shells. Note: ksh93
-n outputs a warning message for certain syntax. These
messages are warnings. Even though these warnings are issued, the
execution of the scripts is unaltered. The following are known warning
messages:
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-o Option | Prints the current option settings and an error
message if you do not specify an argument. You can use this flag to
enable any of the following options:
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-p | Disables processing of the $HOME/.profile file and uses the /etc/suid_profile file instead of the ENV file. This mode is on whenever the effective uid (gid) is not equal to the real uid (gid). Turning this off causes the effective uid and gid to be set to the real uid and gid. |
-r | Runs a restricted shell. With a restricted shell
you cannot:
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-R File | A cross reference database is generated when the -R File option is used. This can be used to find definitions and references for variables and commands by a separate utility. |
-s | Causes the ksh93 command to read commands from the standard input. Shell output, except for the output of the special commands, is written to file descriptor 2. This parameter cannot be used with the -c flag or with the File[Parameter] parameter. |
-t | Exits after reading and executing one command. |
-u | Treats unset parameters as errors when substituting. |
-v | Prints shell input lines as they are read. |
-x | Prints executed commands and their arguments. |
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0 | Successful completion. |
>0 | An error occurred. |
/usr/bin/ksh93