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System basics: Exploring Bash

System basics: Exploring Bash - Linux Tutorial

From the course: Linux Tips

System basics: Exploring Bash

- [Instructor] Bash, or the Bourne Again Shell, is a very popular command-line shell that's available to use on Linux systems. Many distros use Bash as the default command-line interpreter. In fact, Macs use Bash as the default shell too and so does Windows using the Windows Subsystem for Linux. So it's a good idea to learn at least a little bit about Bash even if you prefer to use a different shell day to day. A shell is an environment where a user can interact with a system to issue commands, read output, and so on. Most shells offer some commands and features over and above the ability to run programs. When we run a program like LS or Ping, we're using commands that exist on the system and we're using the shell to tell the system to run them. In many cases, our interaction with the command line doesn't extend too far beyond just issuing commands and arguments in a way that would work in any shell. What Bash brings to the table is a series of convenient shortcuts and other features…

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