<p dir="ltr">I would say Bash is plenty to write against. It comes with probably ever Linux distribution, Mac OS X, the script will have a high probability of running against Korn shell so you have AIX covered. I cannot speak to HPUX but I bet you are covered there to.</p>
<p dir="ltr">I guess the question is what is the script going to be doing what this question is being raised? What platforms do you want to reach?</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 17, 2015 9:19 PM, <<a href="mailto:jep200404@columbus.rr.com">jep200404@columbus.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Which version of which shell should I write for for excellent portability?<br>
What documentation do you cite for it?<br>
<br>
I have used Bourne shell as the standard for portability,<br>
and had though that it had ossified a long time ago,<br>
but was informed that Bourne is under active development,<br>
so now I feel unsettled about Bourne being the standard<br>
of portability, if it is a moving target. I have not<br>
found anything about continued development of Bourne<br>
shell. Bourne quit changing it around 1983.<br>
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