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Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system.

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Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. 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. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without modification.

The improvements offered by BASH include: More Info »

* Command line editing
* Unlimited size command history
* Job Control
* Shell Functions and Aliases
* Indexed arrays of unlimited size
* Integer arithmetic in any base from two to sixty-four

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GNU Bourne Again SHell (sometimes referred to as Bash, GNU Bash, Bourne Again SHell) was added by enthdegree in Mar 2010 and the latest update was made in Feb 2019. The list of alternatives was updated Sep 2019. It's possible to update the information on GNU Bourne Again SHell or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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