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bash

Bourne-Again SHell, an sh-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: zsh, histexpand (history expansion). More information: https://gnu.org/software/bash/.
  • Start an interactive shell session:
    bash
  • Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs:
    bash --norc
  • Execute specific [c]ommands:
    bash -c "{{echo 'bash is executed'}}"
  • Execute a specific script:
    bash {{path/to/script.sh}}
  • Execute a specific script while printing each command before executing it:
    bash -x {{path/to/script.sh}}
  • Execute a specific script and stop at the first [e]rror:
    bash -e {{path/to/script.sh}}
  • Execute specific commands from stdin:
    {{echo "echo 'bash is executed'"}} | bash
  • Start a [r]estricted shell session:
    bash -r

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