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bash is a Unix shell written for the GNU Project. Its name is an acronym for Bourne-again shell, a pun ('Bourne again' / 'born again') on the name of the Bourne shell (sh), an early and important Unix shell written by Stephen Bourne and distributed with Version 7 Unix circa 1978. bash was created in 1987 by Brian Fox. In 1990 Chet Ramey became the primary maintainer.
bash is the default shell on Debian and most Linux systems.
Some tips
- TAB: try to complete current word
- TAB TAB: show words that could complete current word
- UP: browse previous commands
- DOWN: browse next commandt
- CTRL + D: Close current session (i.e disconnects! )
- CTRL + R: Reverse search
- SHIFT + PAGE UP: allows you to backscroll a few pages
- SHIFT + PAGE DOWN: to go forwards a few pages
more on Bourne-Again_shell
See Also
BourneShell - About /bin/sh compatibles shells.
Bash Reference Manual
. http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/bashref.htmlAdvanced Bash-Scripting Guide
. http://www.tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/.ShellCommands and terminal commands