Open Source Solaris System Shells

XMLStarlet is a set of command line utilities (tools) to transform, query, validate, and edit XML documents and files using simple set of shell commands in similar way it is done for text files with UNIX grep, sed, awk, diff, patch, join, etc utilities.

A gdb-like debugger for bash

The Heirloom Project provides standard Unix utilities.

Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. It's main purpose is the auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start rootsh through the sudo mechanism.

ICMP Shell (ISH) is a telnet-like protocol. It allows users to connect to a remote host and to open a shell using only ICMP to send and receive data. ICMP Shell was written in C for the UNIX environment.

Introduction Sudoscriptd/sudoshell are a pair of Perl scripts that provide an audited shell using sudo(8) and script(1).

xjobs has a command line interface similar to xargs to start processes, but runs processes in parallel and provides enhanced concepts for I/O redirection.

Shell Script based installation utilities to facilitate the building, packaging and installation of custom Database applications, specifically database objects such as tables, stored procedures, data etc.

BatchLogin is a shell connection virtualization program. It allows a user on a complex network to connect and execute scripts and commands upon groups of machines without having to deal with the connection specifics every time.

DBA Shell Functions and Scripts to make it easy for common Database command-line chores such as assigning Environment variables, running scripts into logs, provide stored passwords, error checking, checking for db status, database restarts, compile, etc.

Custom tcsh rc file. Makes use of colors and helpful aliases to make UNIX more admin friendly.

Jail Chroot Project is an attempt of write a tool that builds a chrooted environment. The main goal of Jail is to be as simple as possible, and highly portable. The most difficult step when building a chrooted environment is to set up the right libraries

A web-based SSH console to execute commands and manage multiple systems simultaneously. KeyBox allows you to share terminal commands and upload files to all your systems. Once the sessions have been opened you can select a single system or any combination to run your commands. Also, additional system administrators can be added and their terminal sessions and history can be audited.

A BASH, SH and KSH (and maybe others) initialisation framework that enables your shell environment to handle logging on to different sites & operating systems and configure your environment and the different software installed at different sites etc.

Multiple Remote SHell Management On Demand aids in the management of multiple systems via SSH and shared keys. In its simplest form one can run one script on multiple systems returning and logging stdout and stderr for each system on demand.

PHPterm is a terminal/shell emulator for PHP which let's you execute shell commands just like in a shell, but all within your browser window over the HTTP protocol. It aims to provide the look and feel of konsole, the KDE terminal.

A new, strictly lean, mean & clean and very portable implementation of the standard unix shell, for it to be extended and ported to other operating systems without hassle.

Power Console is a simple command line console capable of executing shell commands and launching programs on any OS with a JVM installed. Able to call programs written in other languages (C++, Python etc..) and redirect the output to the console.

OS based on Agent based Security with a new type of split kernel and agents platform.

Scripting Tcl interface to Qt multiplatform library

The Shex project aims to provide new UNIX tools that extend the functionality of shell scripts, making it possible to write scripts that in the past would have required the use of other programming languages.

'bash++' is a version of the GNU Bourne Again shell with object-oriented programming features that provide shell programmers the means to develop robust and reusable solutions.

This script attempts to add accountability for accounts used by multiple users. This is found most commonly where more than one admin uses root. This is NOT intended to be a security program! Admins are by nature lazy about documentation. This is to g

sudosh is a sudo shell, filter and can be used as a login shell. Sudosh records all keystrokes and output and can play back the session as just like a VCR.

ux2html is an easy and flexible tool for system administrators to collect Unix configuration. ux2html generates reports in HTML. It works against all Unix: Linux/GNU, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Cygwin, Darwin, Tru64, ... all unix versions!