gash

POSIX-compatible shell written in Guile Scheme

Gash is a POSIX-compatible shell written in Guile Scheme. It provides both the shell interface, as well as a Guile library for parsing shell scripts. Gash is designed to bootstrap Bash as part of the Guix bootstrap process.

Versions: 0.3.0
Website: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/gash/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/shells.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of gash as follows:

guix install gash

Or install a particular version:

guix install gash@0.3.0

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.