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bash Pocket Reference
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bash Pocket Reference

by Arnold Robbins
May 2010
Beginner to intermediate
130 pages
3h 20m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Chapter 1. The Bash Shell

This pocket reference covers Bash, particularly version 4.1, the primary shell for GNU/Linux and Mac OS X. Bash is available for Solaris and the various BSD systems, and can be easily compiled for just about any other Unix system. The following topics are covered:

  • History

  • Overview of features

  • Invoking the shell

  • Syntax

  • Functions

  • Variables

  • Arithmetic expressions

  • Command history

  • Programmable completion

  • Job control

  • Shell options

  • Command execution

  • Coprocesses

  • Restricted shells

  • Built-in commands

  • Resources

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