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