Bash Features

Overview Documentation for Bash

Edition 1.14, for bash Version 1.14.

May 1994

• Bourne Shell Style Features
  • Looping Constructs
  • Conditional Constructs
  • Shell Functions
  • Bourne Shell Builtins
  • Bourne Shell Variables
  • Other Bourne Shell Features
    • Major Differences from the Bourne Shell
• C-Shell Style Features
  • Tilde Expansion
  • Brace Expansion
  • C Shell Builtins
  • C Shell Variables
• Korn Shell Style Features
  • Korn Shell Constructs
  • Korn Shell Builtins
  • Korn Shell Variables
  • Aliases
    • Alias Builtins
• Bash Specific Features
  • Shell Command Line Options
  • Bash Startup Files
  • Is This Shell Interactive?
  • Bash Builtin Commands
  • The Set Builtin
  • Bash Variables
  • Shell Arithmetic
    • Arithmetic Evaluation
    • Arithmetic Expansion
    • Arithmetic Builtins
  • Controlling the Prompt
• Job Control
  • Job Control Basics
  • Job Control Builtins
  • Job Control Variables
• Using History Interactively
  • History Interaction
    • Event Designators
    • Word Designators
    • Modifiers
• Command Line Editing
  • Introduction to Line Editing
  • Readline Interaction
    • Readline Bare Essentials
    • Readline Movement Commands
    • Readline Killing Commands
    • Readline Arguments
  • Readline Init File
    • Readline Init Syntax
    • Conditional Init Constructs
  • Bindable Readline Commands
    • Commands For Moving
    • Commands For Manipulating The History
    • Commands For Changing Text
    • Killing And Yanking
    • Specifying Numeric Arguments
    • Letting Readline Type For You
    • Keyboard Macros
    • Some Miscellaneous Commands
  • Readline vi Mode
• Variable Index
• Concept Index