Chapter 9. The Bourne Again Shell

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IN THIS CHAPTER

Startup Files

277

Redirecting Standard Error

280

Writing a Simple Shell Script

282

Job Control

290

Manipulating the Directory Stack

292

Parameters and Variables

295

Processes

310

History

312

Reexecuting and Editing Commands

314

Functions

331

Controlling bash Features and Options

334

Processing the Command Line

338

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This chapter picks up where Chapter 7 left off. Chapter 11 expands on this chapter, exploring control flow commands and more advanced aspects of programming the Bourne Again Shell. The bash home page is www.gnu.org/software/bash. The bash info page is a complete Bourne Again Shell reference.

The Bourne Again Shell is a command interpreter and high-level programming language. ...

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