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  • Coreutils for Windows
    10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Jun 2026
    Bash itself is an odd duck in scripting, with some dark historical crevices: http://tiswww.case.edu/~chet/bash/POSIX

    A better option is a pure POSIX shell, the best-known of which in Linux is dash, but there is an existing Ada port to Windows here:

    https://github.com/AdaCore/gsh

    If non-POSIX features are required, the Android decision for mksh might suggest oksh for Windows.

  • A Better Shell
    9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Sep 2021
    This has already been done in ADA. It was designed for better performance than the Cygwin shell.

    https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/ada_shell/

    https://github.com/AdaCore/gsh

    You could also use the busybox port of the Almquist shell, if you can refrain from most bashisms.

    https://frippery.org/busybox/

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