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Document: bashref
Title: Bash Reference Manual
Author: Chet Ramey
Abstract:  Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes
 commands read from the standard input or from a file.  Bash also
 incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
Section: Shells

Format: pdf
Files: /usr/share/doc/bash/bashref.pdf