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|Short description=Shell of the GNU operating system
 
|Short description=Shell of the GNU operating system
 
|Full description=Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two to sixty-four. Bash can run most sh scripts without modification.
 
|Full description=Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two to sixty-four. Bash can run most sh scripts without modification.
|User level=intermediate
 
|Status=Live
 
|Component programs=bashbug
 
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
 
|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
|VCS checkout command=
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|Is GNU=Yes
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|GNU package identifier=bash
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|User level=intermediate
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|Component programs=bash bashbug
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|VCS checkout command=http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git/?h=master
 
|Computer languages=C
 
|Computer languages=C
|Documentation note=User reference manual from http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html Printed user reference manual available from http://www.network-theory.co.uk/bash/manual/
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|Documentation note=The [http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bash.html User Reference Manual] is also available in [http://www.network-theory.co.uk/bash/manual/ printed book form].
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|IRC help=
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|IRC general=
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|IRC development=
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|Related projects=Bash.Diff,Tcsh,Zsh,lsh,pdksh,vshnu,fish
 
|Related projects=Bash.Diff,Tcsh,Zsh,lsh,pdksh,vshnu,fish
 
|Keywords=shell,command line,bash,csh,ksh,sh
 
|Keywords=shell,command line,bash,csh,ksh,sh
|Is GNU=y
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|Version identifier=4.2
|Last review by=Janet Casey
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|Version date=2011/02/13
|Last review date=2010-05-29
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|Version status=stable
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|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.2.tar.gz
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|Last review by=Tim Musson
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|Last review date=2012/03/17
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted by=Database conversion
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
 
|Submitted date=2011-04-01
|Version identifier=4.1
 
|Version date=2010-01-02
 
|Version status=stable
 
|Version download=http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.1.tar.gz
 
 
|License verified date=2010-01-04
 
|License verified date=2010-01-04
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|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License verified by=Kelly Hopkins
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|License verified date=2010-01-04
 
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{{Person
 
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|Role=Maintainer
 
 
|Real name=Chet Ramey
 
|Real name=Chet Ramey
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|Role=Maintainer
 
|Email=chet@po.cwru.edu
 
|Email=chet@po.cwru.edu
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|Software-development=shell
 
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 17 March 2012

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Bash

http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two to sixty-four. Bash can run most sh scripts without modification.

Documentation

The User Reference Manual is also available in printed book form.

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Bug Tracking, Developer Mailing List Info/Archive https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-bash
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