What kind of bash documentation is there?
What kind of bash documentation is there?
First, look in the doc directory in the bash distribution. It should
contain at least the following files:
bash.1 an extensive, thorough Unix-style manual page
builtins.1 a manual page covering just bash builtin commands
bashref.texi a reference manual in GNU tex`info format
bashref.info an info version of the reference manual
FAQ this file
article.ms text of an article written for The Linux Journal
readline.3 a man page describing readline
Postscript, HTML, and ASCII files created from the above source are
available in the documentation distribution.
There is additional documentation available for anonymous FTP from host
ftp.cwru.edu in the `pub/bash' directory.
Cameron Newham and Bill Rosenblatt have written a book on bash, published
by O'Reilly and Associates. The book is based on Bill Rosenblatt's Korn
Shell book. The title is ``Learning the Bash Shell'', and the ISBN number
is 1-56592-147-X. Look for it in fine bookstores near you. This book
covers bash-1.14, but has an appendix describing some of the new features
in bash-2.0.
A second edition of this book is available, published in January, 1998.
The ISBN number is 1-56592-347-2. Look for it in the same fine bookstores
or on the web.
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