Bourne-Again Shell 2.05b
Date of last revision: 09/28/1999
Bash ("Bourne-Again SHell") is the login shell recommended by the Design Center staff.
Bourne-Again Shell 2.05b help index:
Availability
- Bash is available on all Unix workstations.
Running Bourne-Again Shell 2.05b
Type
bash [--login]
The --login tells bash to act as if it were your login shell. See "helpme shells" for instructions on changing your login shell.
Files
Commands listed in these files are automatically executed.
- Login shells:
.bash_profile Bash will read .profile if and only if .bash_profile does not exist.
- Non-login shells:
.bashrc
- Upon exit:
.bash_logout
- Other files:
.inputrc (For readline initialization files)
Notes
- Linux workstations have a vendor supplied version installed as /bin/bash.
- A description of differences between the current and previous versions of bash can be found in
/opt/bash-2.05b/COMPAT.
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