Dear Linux Genius,

I'm new to Shell scripting and i want to know the difference b/w sh, ksh and bash shell scripting and also want to know when to use these shell scripting techniques.
Can you please suggest me go further. If possible pls share one example it will help me for better understanding.

Thanks in Advance.
Sathish

sh is the original UNIX shell. Also known as Bourne shell after its original designer. See also http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BourneShell.
ksh is the Korn shell, also named after its original designer. It adds numerous features to sh, in particular with regards to interactive use. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/KornShell
There is also a POSIX shell which attempts to standardize shell behaviour.
Bash ("bourne-again shell") is the standard Linux shell. It's POSIX-compliant but has many additional features. See http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide.

Wikipedia also contains a lot of info about the shell.

For shell scripts, use sh or POSIX shell if you need maximum compatibility, and bash if not. Bash has many features that make it easier to write and read scripts. For example, this original Bourne shell code:
can be written as follows in bash:
On many (most? all?) distros /bin/sh is a symbolic link to /bin/bash; you need to check if the Bourne shell exists at all.
Just checked - the standard Centos 7 repositories don't appear to have the Bourne or Posix shell. ksh is available though.

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