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Bash contains features that appear in other popular shells, and some features that only appear in Bash. Some of the shells that Bash has borrowed concepts from are the Bourne Shell (sh), the Korn Shell (ksh), and the C-shell (csh and its successor, tcsh). The following menu breaks the features up into categories based upon which one of these other shells inspired the feature.

This manual is meant as a brief introduction to features found in Bash. The Bash manual page should be used as the definitive reference on shell behavior.

  • Bourne Shell Features Features originally found in the Bourne shell.

  • Csh Features Features originally found in the Berkeley C-Shell.

  • Korn Shell Features Features originally found in the Korn Shell.

  • Bash Specific Features Features found only in Bash.

  • Job Control A chapter describing what job control is and how bash allows you to use it.

  • Using History Interactively Chapter dealing with history expansion rules.

  • Command Line Editing Chapter describing the command line editing features.

  • Variable Index Quick reference helps you find the variable you want.

  • Concept Index General index for this manual.