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GNU Bash
Sign in to saveAlso known as Bourne Again shell, Bash, Bourne-Again shell, BASH, Bash shell, Bash (programming language), Bash (Unix shell), shell
GNU Project implementation of the standard Unix shell
GNU Bash is a command-line interpreter that lets you control your computer by typing text commands instead of clicking buttons. It's widely used because it's free, reliable, and works on many different operating systems.
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- Official website
- tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html
- Image
- Command line.png
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- source code repository URL
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bash.git
- inception
- 1989-06-08
- Commons category
- GNU Bash
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/bash
- software version identifier
- 4.4.12
- IRC channel URL
- irc://irc.libera.chat/bash
- user manual URL
- www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual
- mailing list archive URL
- lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bash-announce
- translation contribution URL
- translationproject.org/domain/bash.html
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Bash (short for "Bourne Again SHell") is an interactive command interpreter and command language developed for Unix-like operating systems. Created in 1989 by Brian Fox for the GNU Project, it is designed as a completely free software alternative for the Bourne shell, sh, and other proprietary Unix shells, supported by the Free Software Foundation. Having gained widespread adoption, Bash is commonly used as the default login shell for numerous Linux distributions. It also supports the execution of commands from files, known as shell scripts, facilitating automation.