Bash (Unix shell)
Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell . [7] [8] First released in 1989, [9] it has been distributed widely as the default login shell for most Linux distributions and Apple's macOS (formerly OS X ). A version is also available for Windows 10 . [10] It is also the default user shell in Solaris 11. [11]
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Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell . [7] [8] First released in 1989, [9] it has been distributed widely as the default login shell for most Linux distributions and Apple's macOS (formerly OS X ). A version is also available for Windows 10 . [10] It is also the default user shell in Solaris 11. [11] |
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Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell . [7] [8] First released in 1989, [9] it has been distributed widely as the default login shell for most Linux distributions and Apple's macOS (formerly OS X ). A version is also available for Windows 10 . [10] |
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Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell . [7] [8] First released in 1989, [9] it has been distributed widely as it is a default shell on the major Linux distributions and macOS (formerly OS X ). In 2016 it was also made available by Microsoft for use in Windows 10 Anniversary Update, albeit not installed by default. [10] |
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Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell . [3] [4] Released in 1989, [5] it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as a default shell on Linux and OS X . It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW , to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android via various terminal emulation applications. In the late 1990s, Bash was a minor player among multiple commonly used shells; at present Bash has overwhelming favor. |
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Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell (sh). [3] [4] Released in 1989, [5] it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as a default shell on Linux and Mac OS X . It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW , to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android via various terminal emulation applications. In the late 1990s, Bash was a minor player among multiple commonly used shells, unlike presently where Bash has overwhelming favor. |
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Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell (sh). [3] [4] Released in 1989, [5] it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as a default shell on Linux and Mac OS X . It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW , to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android via various terminal emulation applications. |
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Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell (sh). [3] [4] Released in 1989, [5] it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as the default shell on Linux and Mac OS X . It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW , to DOS by the DJGPP project, to Novell NetWare and to Android via various terminal emulation applications. |
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Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell (sh). [3] [4] Released in 1989, [5] it has been distributed widely as the shell for the GNU operating system and as the default shell on Linux , Mac OS X and Darwin . It has been ported to Microsoft Windows and distributed with Cygwin and MinGW , to DOS by the DJGPP project and to Novell NetWare . |
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Bash is a Unix shell written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project . The name is an acronym , a pun and descriptive. As an acronym, it stands for Bourne-again shell , referring to its initial conception as a free open source clone of the Bourne shell (sh). [3] [4] [5] As a pun, it refers to the Christian concept of being born again . [ citation needed ] The name is also descriptive of what it did, bashing together the features of sh, csh and ksh . [6] |
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Bash is a free software Unix shell written for the GNU Project . Its name is an acronym which stands for Bourne-again shell . [2] The name is a pun 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, [3] and the phrase " born again ." Bash was created in 1987 by Brian Fox . In 1990 Chet Ramey became the primary maintainer. [4] |
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Bash is a free software Unix shell written for the GNU Project . Its name is an acronym which stands for Bourne-again shell . [1] The name is a pun 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, [2] and the concept of being " born again ". Bash was created in 1987 by Brian Fox . In 1990 Chet Ramey became the primary maintainer. [3] |
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Bash is a Unix shell written for the GNU Project . The name of the actual executable is bash . Its name is an acronym for Bourne-again shell , a pun on the name of the Bourne shell (sh) (i.e. "Bourne again" or " born again "), 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. |
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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, 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. |
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Bash is a Unix command shell written for the GNU project . Its name is an acronym for B ourne- a gain sh ell —a pun on the Bourne shell (sh), which was an early, important Unix shell. The Bourne shell was the shell distributed with Version 7 Unix, circa 1978. The original Bourne shell was written by Stephen Bourne , then a researcher at Bell Labs . The Bash shell was written in 1987 by Brian Fox . In 1990, Chet Ramey became the primary maintainer. Bash is the default shell on most Linux systems as well as on Mac OS X Tiger , and it can be run on most Unix-like operating systems. It has also been ported to Microsoft Windows by the Cygwin project . |
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Bash is a UNIX command shell written for the GNU project . Its name is an acronym for B ourne- a gain sh ell — a pun on the Bourne shell (sh), which was an early, important UNIX shell. The Bourne shell was the shell distributed with Version 7 UNIX, circa 1978. The original Bourne shell was written by Stephen Bourne , then a researcher at Bell Labs . The Bash shell was written in 1987 by Brian Fox . In 1990, Chet Ramey became the primary maintainer. Bash is the default shell on most GNU/Linux systems as well as on Mac OS X Panther, and it can be run on most UNIX-like operating systems. It has also been ported to Microsoft Windows by the Cygwin project . |
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bash is a Unix command shell written for the GNU project . Its name is an acronym for " B ourne- a gain sh ell ": a pun on the Bourne shell sh , which was the original Unix shell. The Bash command syntax is largely backward-compatible with sh, and includes ideas drawn from ksh and csh , such as the command history, the directory stack, the $RANDOM variable, and the POSIX form of command substitution, '$('. |
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Bash is a Unix command shell written for the GNU project . Its name is an acronym for "Bourne-Again SHell": a pun on the Bourne shell sh , which was the original Unix shell. The Bash command syntax is largely backward-compatible with sh, and includes ideas drawn from ksh and csh . |
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Bash is a GNU Unix shell , made popular by distribution with Linux . Like many GNU utilities the name is a pun; it stands for Bourne-Again Shell, Steve Bourne being the author of the original shell, Bourne shell . |