ash

Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.10
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 06 September 2026
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NAME

ash - Unix Bourne Shell of Busybox in WA2L/WinTools

 

SYNOPSIS

WA2LWinTools/lib/[shell/]ash [ -h | -V ]

ash [ -il ] [ +Cabefmnuvx ] [ -Cabefmnuvx ] [ +o OPT ]... [ -o OPT ]... [ -c 'SCRIPT' [ ARG0 ARGS ] | FILE ARGS | -s ARGS ]

 

AVAILABILITY

WA2L/WinTools

 

DESCRIPTION

Unix shell interpreter.

The Busybox ash shell is mainly based on Debian dash.

For a description of the ash functionality, consult the dash(1) and sh(1) manual pages.

The interactive ash configuration in WA2L/WinTools provides the same enhancements as the wtshell(1m) does.

 

OPTIONS

-h
usage message.

-V
print program version.

more_options
see: dash(1).

 

ENVIRONMENT

$ENV
location of the main shell initialization file.

Set to lib/shell/.ashrc when started in WA2L/WinTools from wtshell(1m) or console(1m).

$...
for additional environment variables set when running the ash interactively in the WA2L/WinTools package, see the shell rc file lib/shell/.ashrc directly.

 

EXIT STATUS

0
no error.

1
error.

4
usage printed.

5
version printed.

x
see: dash(1).

 

FILES

lib/shell/.ashrc
main shell initialization file for the interactive use of ash in WA2L/WinTools.

etc/ash.cfg
user initialization file for the interactive use of ash in WA2L/WinTools.

 

EXAMPLES

-

 

SEE ALSO

wintoolsintro(1), busybox(3), console(1m), dash(1), sh(1), wtshell(1m)

 

NOTES

Parts of this man page are based on the busybox(3), dash(1) and sh(1) manual pages.

 

BUGS

-

 

AUTHOR

ash (in Busybox for Windows™) was developed by Ron Yorston <rmy@pobox.com> and many more and integrated into WA2L/WinTools by Christian Walther. Send suggestions and bug reports regarding the integration to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .

 

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2026 Christian Walther

This is free software; see WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
AVAILABILITY
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
EXIT STATUS
FILES
EXAMPLES
SEE ALSO
NOTES
BUGS
AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT

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