Command-line tool

dash-shell

brew/dash-shell

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POSIX-compliant descendant of NetBSD's ash (the Almquist SHell)

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install dash-shell

Linux

brew install dash-shell

Start an interactive shell session

dash

Execute specific [c]ommands

dash -c "echo 'dash is executed'"

Execute a specific script

dash path/to/script.sh

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