> Solaris does not ship with Python. In fact, I don't know > of any Unix that ships with Python. > > As a rule of thumb, you can use most programs installed > in /sbin, /bin, and /usr/ucb on a default Solaris install. > > Note that Linux does not ship with a "real" sh. It ships > with a symlink to bash - which behaves very different.
Depends on the distro of Linux. Redhat/Mandrake ships with python and also with the real sh (old Bourne shell)---if you want to install it, then "/bin/sh" doesn't link to "/bin/bash". E
