12.12. bash Options
12.12.1. Shell Invocation Options
When the shell is started using the bash command, it can take options to modify its behavior. There are two types of options: single-character options and multicharacter options. The single-character options consist of a single leading dash followed by a single character. The multicharacter options consist of two leading dashes and any number of characters. Multicharacter options must appear before single-character options. An interactive login shell normally starts up with –i (start an interactive shell), –s (read from standard input), and –m (enable job control). See Table 12.8.
| Option | Meaning |
|---|---|
| –c string | Commands are read from string. Any arguments ... |
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