[most likely solved] OT: Do you know a Linux compatible shell app for iOS/iPadOS, to write scripts on an iPad and then to use those scripts with Xubuntu?

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 6:35 PM Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2023-05-20 at 18:03 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > https://apps.apple.com/de/app/a-shell/id1473805438?l=en
> > https://apps.apple.com/de/app/libterm/id1380911705?l=en
>
> I uninstalled those apps.
>
> > https://apps.apple.com/de/app/ish-shell/id1436902243?l=en
>
> I keep this app. It's Alpine Linux based upon busybox.
> # apk update
> # apk upgrade
> # apk add mc nano
> and you get two usable editors, mcedit and nano
> # echo "Test" > /home/test.txt
> I can access the file by the iPadOS file manager, e.g. to delete it ;).
> IOW sharing files is supported.
> It has got good setting options, just the appearance options aren't
> smooth, but still good.
>
> This app seems to fulfill the mentioned needs.

BusyBox has some sharp edges, like chmod not accepting permissions in
octal. You have to do something like 'chmod a+x <file>'.

Jeff