The Bash shell

See also: ref/bash

The ubiquitous shell on Linux systems. Not to be confused with /bin/sh, which is often a less-fully-featured shell.

Links

Reference:

• ⭐️ Bash guide (Greg's Wiki)
  • Bash pitfalls
• Bash reference manual (GNU)
• bash(1) manpage
• Bash cheatsheet (devhints.io)

Writing robust scripts:

• "Writing Shell Scripts" (Signs of Triviality, 2016)
• "How to write idempotent Bash scripts" (Fatih Arslan, 2019)

Minutiae:

• "Seven Surprising Bash Variables" (zwischenzugs, 2019)