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A's to Q's about BASH, the Bourne-Again SHell

Chet Ramey translated in sgml by charles vidal.


Summary: A's to Q's about BASH, the Bourne-Again SHell Originator: het@odin URL: ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ Maintainer: het@po.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey) This is the Bash FAQ, version 3.8, for Bash version 2.04.

This document contains a set of frequently-asked questions concerning Bash, the GNU Bourne-Again Shell. Bash is a freely-available command interpreter with advanced features for both interactive use and shell programming.

Another good source of basic information about shells is the collection of FAQ articles periodically posted to comp.unix.shell.

Questions and comments concerning this document should be sent to het@po.cwru.edu.

This document is available for anonymous FTP with the URL

ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ

The Bash home page is http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html Summary: A's to Q's about BASH, the Bourne-Again SHell Originator: het@odin URL: ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ Maintainer: het@po.cwru.edu (Chet Ramey)

1. The Basics

2. The latest version

3. Differences from other Unix shells

4. Why does bash do some things differently than other Unix shells?

5. How can I get bash to do certain things, and why does bash do

6. Things to watch out for on certain Unix versions

7. How can I get bash to do certain common things?

8. Where do I go from here?


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