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BASH





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  Introduction to BASH
  Downloading BASH





Introduction to BASH

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:


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


Online Manual is available at 
www.gnu.org/manual/bash/index.html

Frequently-Asked-Questions with 
answers can be found at the Bash web page.
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Downloading BASH


BASH can be found on 
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/
or one of the mirrors.
You can also order a CD-ROM from the FSF
  or use other methods
  to obtain a copy.



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20 Mar 2000 tower