The GNU Bash Reference Manual (revised for version 3.2)

by Chet Ramey and Brian Fox

Paperback (6"x9"), 204 pages. Revised October 2006.
Retail Price: $29.95 (£19.95 in UK)
ISBN: 0-9541617-7-7 (ISBN-13: 978-0-9541617-7-4)

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"An essential resource .... the most detailed coverage available for all aspects of Bash" --- Linux User and Developer Magazine (Issue 37, Mar 2004)

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This manual is the definitive reference for GNU Bash, the standard GNU command-line interpreter. It covers Bash version 3.2 (revised printing November 2006).

GNU Bash is a complete implementation of the POSIX.2 Bourne shell specification (/bin/sh), with additional features from the C-shell (csh) and Korn shell (ksh).

The authors of this manual, Chet Ramey and Brian Fox, are the original developers of GNU Bash.

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Introduction
Definitions
Basic Shell Features
Shell Builtin Commands
Shell Variables
Bash Features
Job Control
Using History Interactively
Command Line Editing
Installing Bash
Reporting Bugs
Major Differences From The Bourne Shell
Builtin Index
Reserved Word Index
Variable Index
Function Index
Concept Index

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