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It is easy to dismiss bash — the typical Linux shell program — as just a command prompt that allows scripting. Bash, however, is a full-blown programming language. I wouldn’t presume to tell you that ...

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The shell does far more than run commands. Here’s how Bash expands your input behind the scenes so you can write cleaner, ...