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authoryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-29 09:56:29 +0000
committeryar <yar@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-29 09:56:29 +0000
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Tell more of the sh(1) history.
Acknowledge Kenneth Almquist's contribution in AUTHORS. MFC after: 5 days
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@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
.\" from: @(#)sh.1 8.6 (Berkeley) 5/4/95
.\" $FreeBSD$
.\"
-.Dd July 26, 2006
+.Dd July 29, 2006
.Dt SH 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -2244,8 +2244,23 @@ will return the argument.
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
-command appeared in
+command, the Thompson shell, appeared in
.At v1 .
+It was superseded in
+.At v7
+by the Bourne shell, which inherited the name
+.Nm .
+.Pp
+This version of
+.Nm
+was rewritten in 1989 under the
+.Bx
+license after the Bourne shell from
+.At V.4 .
+.Sh AUTHORS
+This version of
+.Nm
+was originally written by Kenneth Almquist.
.Sh BUGS
The
.Nm
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