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+

GNU Bash

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-Bash is the GNU Project's shell. Bash is the Bourne Again SHell. -Bash is an sh-compatible shell that -incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell +Bash is the GNU Project's shell—the Bourne Again SHell. +This is an sh-compatible shell that +incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the 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 @@ -17,29 +21,26 @@

The improvements offered by Bash include:

The maintainer also has a bash page which +href="https://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html">Bash page which includes Frequently-Asked-Questions.

+href="ftp://ftp.cwru.edu/pub/bash/FAQ">Frequently Asked Questions.

-

Downloading Bash

-

Bash -can be found on the main GNU ftp server: -http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ -(via HTTP) and -ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/ -(via FTP). It can also be found -on the GNU mirrors; -please -use -a mirror if possible.

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Download

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Stable releases are available from the main GNU server +(HTTPS,  +HTTP,  +FTP), and its +mirrors; please +use a mirror if possible.

@@ -50,42 +51,38 @@ is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You may -also find more information about +also find information about Bash -by running -info bash +by running info bash or -man bash, -or by looking at -/usr/doc/bash/, -/usr/local/doc/bash/, +man bash, or by looking at +/usr/share/doc/bash/, /usr/local/share/doc/bash/, or similar directories on your system. A brief summary is available by -running bash --help.

+running bash --help.

Mailing lists

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-To ask for help about bash, bash programming or bash shell scripting -please use the -<help-bash@gnu.org> -mailing list. To report bugs or to discuss most aspects of developing -bash please use the -<bug-bash@gnu.org> -mailing list.

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Announcements about Bash -and most other GNU software are made on -<info-gnu@gnu.org>.

+and most other GNU software are made on info-gnu@gnu.org.

-

To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty -mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant --request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU -announcement list, you would send mail to <info-gnu-request@gnu.org>. -Or you can use the mailing list web -interface.

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To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail +with a Subject: header of just “subscribe” to the relevant +-request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU +announcement list, you would send mail to <info-gnu-request@gnu.org>. +Or you can use the web interface.

@@ -99,5 +96,4 @@ list (see above).

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Development
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For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see the -Bash +Bash project page -at savannah.gnu.org.
- +at savannah.gnu.org.
Translating Bash
-
To translate -Bash's -messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project -page for -Bash. -If you have a new translation of the message strings, -or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this -repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into -Bash. +
To translate the program messages into other languages, please refer to +the Translation +Project page for Bash. New translations or updates to the existing +strings will not be incorporated into Bash if they are sent elsewhere. For more information, see the Translation -Project.
- +href="https://translationproject.org/html/welcome.html">Translation Project +home page.
Maintainer
-
Bash -is currently being maintained by -Chet Ramey. +
Bash is currently maintained by Chet Ramey. Please use the mailing lists for contact.
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Bash is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the -terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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Please see the Translations -README for information on coordinating and submitting translations +README for information on coordinating and contributing translations of this article.