bash: Bash Features

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1 6 Bash Features
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1 This chapter describes features unique to Bash.
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· Invoking Bash               Command line options that you can give
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· Bash Startup Files          When and how Bash executes scripts.
· Interactive Shells          What an interactive shell is.
· Bash Conditional Expressions        Primitives used in composing expressions for
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· Shell Arithmetic            Arithmetic on shell variables.
· Aliases                     Substituting one command for another.
· Arrays                      Array Variables.
· The Directory Stack         History of visited directories.
· Controlling the Prompt      Customizing the various prompt strings.
· The Restricted Shell        A more controlled mode of shell execution.
· Bash POSIX Mode             Making Bash behave more closely to what
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