./bash/ABOUT-NLS

Notes on the Free Translation Project

./bash/AUTHORS

Master author manifest for bash

./bash/CHANGES

DETAILED changes between versions

./bash/COMPAT

Incompatibilities between versions of bash

./bash/COPYING

GNU General Public License (various versions)

./bash/INSTALL

Basic installation instructions

./bash/MANIFEST

Master distribution manifest for bash

./bash/NEWS

A terse description of the new features added to bash

./bash/NOTES

Platform-specific configuration and operation notes

./bash/POSIX

Bash POSIX mode

./bash/RBASH

The restricted shell

./bash/README

bash high-level README

./bash/Y2K

Y2K notice

./bash/FAQ

The Bash FAQ

./bash/INTRO

A short introduction to bash

./bash/Makefile

Makefile for the Bash/documentation directory

./bash/README

bash documentation README

./bash/aosa-bash

Chapter 3: The Bourne-Again Shell from The Architecture of Open Source Applications, edited to trim length

./bash/aosa-bash-full

Chapter 3: The Bourne-Again Shell from The Architecture of Open Source Applications

./bash/article

An article Chet wrote about bash for The Linux Journal

./bash/bash

bash manpage

./bash/bashbug

bashbug manpage

./bash/bashref

The Bash Reference Manual

./bash/bashref_toc

Old Bash Reference Manual table of contents

./bash/builtins

builtins manpage, extracted from bash.1

./bash/fdl

GNU Free Documentation License

./bash/rbash

bash restricted shell manpage

./bash/readline

GNU readline manpage

./bash/rose94

Article: “Bash, the Bourne-Again Shell”

./bash/version

bash version info

./INDEX/INDEX

An index of bash examples (a subset of this)

./complete/bash_completion

Programmable completion functions

./complete/bashcc-1.0.1.tar

ClearCase completions from Richard Smith

./complete/cdfunc

An example completion function for cd

./complete/complete

Various completion files

./complete/complete-examples

Completion examples

./complete/complete2

Various completion files from Ian Macdonald

./functions/array-stuff

Various array functions (ashift, array_sort, reverse)

./functions/array-to-string

Converts an array to a string

./functions/autoload

An almost ksh-compatible autoload

./functions/basename

A replacement for basename(1)

./functions/basename2

Fast basename(1) and dirname(1) functions for bash/sh

./functions/coproc

Start, control, and end coprocesses

./functions/coshell

Control shell coprocesses (see coprocess.bash)

./functions/csh-compat

A C shell compatibility package

./functions/dirfuncs

Directory manipulation functions from the book The Korn Shell

./functions/dirname

A replacement for dirname(1)

./functions/dirstack

Another implementation of the directory manipulation functions from the book The New KornShell Command and Programming Language

./functions/emptydir

Finds out if a directory is empty

./functions/exitstat

Displays the exit status of processes

./functions/external

Like command but FORCES use of external command

./functions/fact

A recursive factorial function

./functions/fstty

Frontend to sync TERM changes to both stty(1) and readline bind

./functions/func

Prints out definitions for functions named by arguments

./functions/gethtml

Gets a web page from a remote server (wget(1) in bash!)

./functions/getoptx

getopt function that parses long-named options

./functions/inetaddr

Performs internet address conversion (inet2hex & hex2inet)

./functions/inpath

Returns zero if the argument is in the path and executable

./functions/isnum

Tests user input on numeric or character values

./functions/isnum2

Tests user input on numeric values, with floating point

./functions/isvalidip

Tests user input for valid IP addresses

./functions/jdate

A function for Julian date conversion

./functions/jj

Looks for running jobs

./functions/keep

Tries to keep some programs in the foreground and running

./functions/ksh-cd

ksh-like cd: cd [-LP] [dir [change]]

./functions/ksh-compat-test

ksh-like arithmetic test replacements

./functions/kshenv

Functions and aliases to provide the beginnings of a ksh environment for bash

./functions/login

Replaces the login and newgrp builtins in old Bourne shells

./functions/lowercase

Renames files to lowercase

./functions/manpage

Finds and prints a manual page

./functions/mhfold

Prints MH folders; useful only because folders(1) doesn’t print mod date/times

./functions/notify

Notifies when jobs change status

./functions/pathfuncs

Path-related functions (no_path, add_path, pre-path, del_path)

./functions/recurse

A recursive directory traverser

./functions/repeat2

A clone of C shell builtin repeat

./functions/repeat3

A clone of C shell builtin repeat

./functions/seq

Generates a sequence from m to n; m defaults to 1

./functions/seq2

Generates a sequence from m to n; m defaults to 1

./functions/shcat

A readline-based pager

./functions/shcat2

A readline-based pager

./functions/sort-pos-params

Sorts the positional parameters

./functions/substr

A function to emulate the ancient ksh builtin

./functions/substr2

A function to emulate the ancient ksh builtin

./functions/term

A shell function to set the terminal type interactively or not

./functions/whatis

An implementation of the 10th Edition Unix sh builtin whatis(1) command

./functions/whence

An almost-ksh-compatible whence(1) command

./functions/which

An emulation of which(1) as it appears in FreeBSD

./functions/xalias

Converts csh alias commands to bash functions

./functions/xfind

A find(1) clone

./loadables/Makefile

Simple Makefile for the sample loadable builtins

./loadables/Makefile.inc

Sample Makefile for bash loadable builtin development

./loadables/README

README

./loadables/basename

Returns the non-directory portion of a pathname

./loadables/cat

cat(1) replacement with no options—the way cat was intended

./loadables/cut

cut(1) replacement

./loadables/dirname

Returns the directory portion of a pathname

./loadables/finfo

Prints file info

./loadables/getconf

POSIX.2 getconf utility

./loadables/head

Copies the first part of a file

./loadables/hello

Obligatory “Hello World"/sample loadable

./loadables/id

POSIX.2 user identity

./loadables/ln

Makes links

./loadables/loadables

Includes files needed by all loadable builtins

./loadables/logname

Prints login name of current user

./loadables/mkdir

Makes directories

./loadables/mypid

Adds $MYPID as a shell builtin

./loadables/necho

echo without options or argument interpretation

./loadables/pathchk

Checks pathnames for validity and portability

./loadables/print

Loadable ksh-93-style print builtin

./loadables/printenv

Minimal built-in clone of BSD printenv(1)

./loadables/printf

Old printf

./loadables/push

Anyone remember TOPS-20?

./loadables/pushd

Old pushd

./loadables/realpath

Canonicalizes pathnames, resolving symlinks

./loadables/rmdir

Removes directories

./loadables/setpgid

bash loadable wrapper for setpgid system call

./loadables/sleep

Sleeps for fractions of a second

./loadables/sprintf

Old sprintf

./loadables/strftime

Loadable built-in interface to strftime(3)

./loadables/sync

Syncs the disks by forcing pending filesystem writes to complete

./loadables/tee

Duplicates standard input

./loadables/template

Example template for loadable builtin

./loadables/truefalse

True and false builtins

./loadables/tty

Returns the terminal name

./loadables/uname

Prints system information

./loadables/unlink

Removes a directory entry

./loadables/whoami

Prints out username of current user

./loadables/perl/Makefile

Makefile for built-in Perl interpreter

./loadables/perl/README

Illustrates how to build a Perl interpreter into bash

./loadables/perl/bperl

perl builtin

./loadables/perl/iperl

The Perl interpreter

./misc/aliasconv

Converts csh aliases to bash aliases and functions

./misc/cshtobash

Converts csh aliases, environment variables, and variables to bash equivalents

./misc/suncmd

SunView TERMCAP string

./obashdb/PERMISSION

Permission to use and distribute

./obashdb/README

Deprecated sample implementation of a bash debugger; see http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/ instead

./obashdb/bashdb

Deprecated bashdb (bash shell debugger); see http://bashdb.sourceforge.net/ instead

./scripts/adventure

Text adventure game in bash!

./scripts/bash-hexdump

hexdump(1) in bash

./scripts/bcsh

Bourne shell csh emulator

./scripts/cat

readline-based pager

./scripts/center

Centers a group of lines

./scripts/dd-ex

Line editor using only /bin/sh, /bin/dd, and /bin/rm

./scripts/fixfiles

Recurses a tree and fixes files containing various “bad” characters

./scripts/hanoi

The inevitable Towers of Hanoi in bash

./scripts/inpath

Searches $PATH for a file with the same name as $1; returns TRUE if found

./scripts/krand

Produces a random number within integer limits

./scripts/line-input

Line input routine for GNU Bourne Again shell plus terminal-control primitives

./scripts/nohup

bash version of nohup command

./scripts/precedence

Tests relative precedences for && and || operators

./scripts/randomcard

Prints a random card from a card deck

./scripts/scrollbar

Displays scrolling text

./scripts/scrollbar2

Displays scrolling text

./scripts/self-repro

A self-reproducing script (careful!)

./scripts/showperm

Converts ls(1) symbolic permissions into octal mode

./scripts/shprompt

Displays a prompt and gets an answer satisfying certain criteria

./scripts/spin

Displays a spinning wheel to show progress

./scripts/timeout

Gives rsh(1) a shorter timeout

./scripts/timeout2

Executes a given command with a timeout

./scripts/timeout3

Executes a given command with a timeout

./scripts/vtree2

Displays a tree printout of dir in 1k blocks

./scripts/vtree3

Displays a graphical tree printout of a directory

./scripts/vtree3a

Displays a graphical tree printout of a directory

./scripts/websrv

A web server in bash!

./scripts/xterm_title

Prints the contents of the xterm title bar

./scripts/zprintf

Emulates printf (obsolete since it’s now a bash builtin)

./scripts.noah/PERMISSION

Permissions to use the scripts in this directory

./scripts.noah/README

README

./scripts.noah/aref

Pseudoarrays and substring indexing examples

./scripts.noah/bash.sub

Library functions used by require.bash

./scripts.noah/bash_version

A function to slice up $BASH_VERSION

./scripts.noah/meta

Enables and disables eight-bit readline input

./scripts.noah/mktmp

Makes a temporary file with a unique name

./scripts.noah/number

A fun hack to translate numerals into English

./scripts.noah/prompt

A way to set $PS1 to some predefined strings

./scripts.noah/remap_keys

A frontend to bind to redo readline bindings

./scripts.noah/require

Lisp-like require/provide library functions for bash

./scripts.noah/send_mail

Replacement SMTP client written in bash

./scripts.noah/shcat

bash replacement for cat(1)

./scripts.noah/source

Replacement for source that uses current directory

./scripts.noah/string

The string(3) functions at the shell level

./scripts.noah/stty

Frontend to stty(1) that changes readline bindings too

./scripts.noah/y_or_n_p

Prompts for a yes/no/quit answer

./scripts.v2/PERMISSION

Permissions to use the scripts in this directory

./scripts.v2/README

README

./scripts.v2/arc2tarz

Converts an “arc” archive to a compressed tar archive

./scripts.v2/bashrand

Random number generator with upper and lower bounds and optional seed

./scripts.v2/cal2day

Converts a day number to a name

./scripts.v2/cdhist

cd replacement with a directory stack added

./scripts.v2/corename

Tells what produced a core file

./scripts.v2/fman

Fast man(1) replacement

./scripts.v2/frcp

Copies files using ftp(1) but with rcp-type command-line syntax

./scripts.v2/lowercase

Changes filenames to lowercase

./scripts.v2/ncp

A nicer frontend for cp(1) (has -i, etc.)

./scripts.v2/newext

Changes the extension of a group of files

./scripts.v2/nmv

A nicer frontend for mv(1) (has -i, etc.)

./scripts.v2/pages

Prints specified pages from files

./scripts.v2/pf

A pager frontend that handles compressed files

./scripts.v2/pmtop

Poor man’s top(1) for SunOS 4.x and BSD/OS

./scripts.v2/ren

Renames files by changing parts of filenames that match a pattern

./scripts.v2/rename

Changes the names of files that match a pattern

./scripts.v2/repeat

Executes a command multiple times

./scripts.v2/shprof

Line profiler for bash scripts

./scripts.v2/untar

Unarchives a (possibly compressed) tar archive into a directory

./scripts.v2/uudec

Carefully uudecodes multiple files

./scripts.v2/uuenc

uudecodes multiple files

./scripts.v2/vtree

Prints a visual display of a directory tree

./scripts.v2/where

Shows where commands that match a pattern are

./startup-files/Bash_aliases

Some useful aliases (Fox)

./startup-files/Bash_profile

Sample startup file for bash login shells (Fox)

./startup-files/Bashrc

Sample Bourne Again shell init file (Fox)

./startup-files/README

README

./startup-files/bash-profile

Sample startup file for bash login shells (Ramey)

./startup-files/bashrc

Sample Bourne Again shell init file (Ramey)

./startup-files/apple/README

README

./startup-files/apple/aliases

Sample aliases for macOS

./startup-files/apple/bash

Sample user preferences file

./startup-files/apple/environment

Sample Bourne Again shell environment file

./startup-files/apple/login

Sample login wrapper

./startup-files/apple/logout

Sample logout wrapper

./startup-files/apple/rc

Sample Bourne Again shell config file

./readline/CHANGELOG

readline-specific changelog

./readline/CHANGES

DETAILED changes between versions

./readline/COPYING

GNU General Public License (various versions)

./readline/INSTALL

Basic installation instructions

./readline/MANIFEST

Master distribution manifest for readline

./readline/NEWS

A terse description of the new features added to readline

./readline/README

bash high-level README

./readline/USAGE

A note on legal use of readline through a shared-library linking mechanism

./readline/Makefile

Makefile for the readline library documentation

./readline/fdl

GNU Free Documentation License

./readline/hist

readline history (seems to be only RL4.3)

./readline/history

GNU History library manpage

./readline/history_3

GNU History library manpage

./readline/history_toc

Old GNU History library

./readline/hstech

User interface to the GNU History library documentation

./readline/hsuser

User interface to the GNU History library documentation

./readline/manvers

Manuscript version (seems to be only RL4.3)

./readline/readline

GNU readline manpage

./readline/readline_3

readline docs

./readline/readline_toc

Old GNU readline library table of contents

./readline/rlman

The GNU readline library API

./readline/rltech

Programming with GNU readline

./readline/rluser

Command-line editing

./readline/rluserman

GNU readline library user manual

./readline/version

bash version info