bash shell scripting:

Bourne again shell scripting is a scripting language which is also a line

interpretor created for handling tasks in linux.

It is an expanded version of bourne shell with added features like auto

fill and multiline features

GNU Bash
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 (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 for both programming and interactive use. In addition, most
sh scripts can be run by Bash without modification.

The improvements offered by Bash include:

▪ Command line editing

▪ Unlimited size command history

▪ Job Control

▪ Shell Functions and Aliases

▪ Indexed arrays of unlimited size

▪ Integer arithmetic in any base from two to sixty-four

The maintainer also has a bash page which includes 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.

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

Mailing lists
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>.

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.

Getting involved
Development of Bash, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For
information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to
join the discussion mailing list (see above).

Development

For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see
the Bash project page 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. For more
information, see the Translation Project.

Maintainer
 Bash is currently being maintained by Chet Ramey. Please use the mailing lists for
contact.

Licensing
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.