Bash Reference Manual

Reference Documentation for Bash

Edition 2.2, for bash Version 2.02.

1 April 1998

• Introduction
  • What is Bash?
  • What is a shell?
• Definitions
• Basic Shell Features
  • Shell Syntax
    • Shell Operation
    • Quoting
      • Escape Character
      • Single Quotes
      • Double Quotes
      • ANSI-C Quoting
      • Locale-Specific Translation
    • Comments
  • Shell Commands
    • Simple Commands
    • Pipelines
    • Lists of Commands
    • Looping Constructs
    • Conditional Constructs
    • Grouping Commands
  • Shell Functions
  • Shell Parameters
    • Positional Parameters
    • Special Parameters
  • Shell Expansions
    • Brace Expansion
    • Tilde Expansion
    • Shell Parameter Expansion
    • Command Substitution
    • Arithmetic Expansion
    • Process Substitution
    • Word Splitting
    • Filename Expansion
      • Pattern Matching
    • Quote Removal
  • Redirections
    • Redirecting Input
    • Redirecting Output
    • Appending Redirected Output
    • Redirecting Standard Output and Standard Error
    • Here Documents
    • Duplicating File Descriptors
    • Opening File Descriptors for Reading and Writing
  • Executing Commands
    • Simple Command Expansion
    • Command Search and Execution
    • Command Execution Environment
    • Environment
    • Exit Status
    • Signals
  • Shell Scripts
• Bourne Shell Style Features
  • Bourne Shell Builtins
  • Bourne Shell Variables
  • Other Bourne Shell Features
    • Major Differences From The SVR4.2 Bourne Shell
    • Implementation Differences From The SVR4.2 Shell
• Bash Features
  • Invoking Bash
  • Bash Startup Files
  • Is This Shell Interactive?
  • Bash Builtin Commands
  • The Set Builtin
  • Bash Conditional Expressions
  • Bash Variables
  • Shell Arithmetic
  • Aliases
    • Alias Builtins
  • Arrays
  • The Directory Stack
  • Controlling the Prompt
  • The Restricted Shell
  • Bash POSIX Mode
• Job Control
  • Job Control Basics
  • Job Control Builtins
  • Job Control Variables
• Using History Interactively
  • Bash History Facilities
  • Bash History Builtins
  • History Expansion
    • Event Designators
    • Word Designators
    • Modifiers
• Command Line Editing
  • Introduction to Line Editing
  • Readline Interaction
    • Readline Init File Syntax
    • Conditional Init Constructs
    • Sample Init File
  • Bindable Readline Commands
    • Commands For Moving
    • Commands For Manipulating The History
    • Commands For Changing Text
    • Killing And Yanking
    • Specifying Numeric Arguments
    • Letting Readline Type For You
    • Keyboard Macros
    • Some Miscellaneous Commands
  • Readline vi Mode
• Installing Bash
  • Basic Installation
  • Compilers and Options
  • Compiling For Multiple Architectures
  • Installation Names
  • Specifying the System Type
  • Sharing Defaults
  • Operation Controls
  • Optional Features
• Reporting Bugs
• Index of Shell Builtin Commands
• Shell Reserved Words
• Parameter and Variable Index
• Function Index
• Concept Index

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