APPENDIX BThe sh Utility

The description of the sh utility includes a number of features not found in some traditional shells, but it gives a good summary of basic usage. Much of this specifies interactive features (which are not universal among shells), but the basic invocation material is a handy reference.

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sh - shell, the standard command language interpreter

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sh [-abCefhimnuvx][-o option][+abCefhimnuvx][+o option]        [command_file [argument...]] sh -c[-abCefhimnuvx][-o option][+abCefhimnuvx][+o option]command_string        [command_name [argument...]] sh -s[-abCefhimnuvx][-o option][+abCefhimnuvx][+o option][argument]

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