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Bash Features
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   This section describes features unique to Bash.

Invoking Bash

Command line options that you can give

to Bash.

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

the `test' builtin.

Shell Arithmetic

Arithmetic on shell variables.

Aliases

Substituting one command for another.

Arrays

Array Variables.

The Directory Stack

History of visited directories.

Printing a Prompt

Controlling the PS1 string.

The Restricted Shell

A more controlled mode of shell execution.

Bash POSIX Mode

Making Bash behave more closely to what

the POSIX standard specifies.