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I found that the busybox's ash syntax is different from the other standard shells (sh, bash, tcsh).
Is there any documentation of its syntax or a tutorial for ash ?

Johan
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    @Lazarus: Debatable. Using a shell *is* programming (they are programming languages), even if it also happens to be something a super user would be interested in. –  Feb 03 '10 at 12:51
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    @Roger, the question isn't about a specific issue programming ash it's a request for documentation. Do you consider a request for documentation to be a programming question? – Lazarus Feb 03 '10 at 13:07
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    @Lazarus: "Where's the documentation for the programming language implemented by the ash shell?" How is it any less programming related than asking about documentation for make? (That's not even a programming language and is still clearly programming related.) I'll agree with you that it's not a very clear or specific question, but if we start sending all unclear or non-specific questions to SU, I think the SU mods might get a little peeved. –  Feb 03 '10 at 13:28
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    @Roger, I'm not giving this question any more credence than any other request for documentation. I completely agree that asking for the documentation for make would also be inappropriate for SO (although I'd say make was almost as deserving of being a programming language as a shell given it's structure and complexity). Where should people ask about documentation? The appropriate home page for the software would be a good bet, or even better, specific forums. I would lump any request for software documentation as appropriate for SU or similar as it's about software not programming. – Lazarus Feb 03 '10 at 13:54
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    Searching the net shows this is a very good question without an obvious answer. – flywire Nov 03 '18 at 11:14
  • No idea why this is closed. This is a valid and useful question. – scrutari Oct 20 '22 at 12:16
  • This is probably the answer: https://linux.die.net/man/1/ash (can't add it because the question is closed). – scrutari Oct 20 '22 at 12:23

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http://www.in-ulm.de/~mascheck/various/ash/#busybox from the link seems busybox ash is debian dash.

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