bash—Gnu Bourne Again Shell

bash [options] [file[arguments]]
sh [options] [file[arguments]]

Bash is Copyright © 1989, 1991 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells ( ksh and csh.) (See Chapters 8 and 9.)

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