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  1. bash - What are the special dollar sign shell variables ... - Stack ...

    Sep 14, 2012 · In Bash, there appear to be several variables which hold special, consistently-meaning values. For instance, ./myprogram &; echo $! will return the PID of the process which …

  2. What does 'set -e' mean in a Bash script? - Stack Overflow

    By default, Bash does not do this. This default behavior is exactly what you want if you are using Bash on the command line you don't want a typo to log you out! But in a script, you really want the …

  3. How do I execute a bash script in Terminal? - Stack Overflow

    Mar 9, 2018 · I have a bash script like: #!/bin/bash echo Hello world! How do I execute this in Terminal?

  4. bash - What is the purpose of "&&" in a shell command? - Stack …

    Oct 27, 2021 · $ command one && command two the intent is to execute the command that follows the && only if the first command is successful. This is idiomatic of Posix shells, and not only found in …

  5. What is 'bash' command in bash? - Ask Ubuntu

    Aug 1, 2020 · I just typed bash in Ubuntu's terminal and, it was like normal. But after that, I had to type exit twice. What is bash command in bash?

  6. bash - How to run .sh on Windows Command Prompt? - Stack Overflow

    Oct 23, 2014 · Bash, and the sh command, is installed with Git4Windows if you select the 'Install Bash' install option.

  7. What does the -e do in a bash shebang? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    All the bash command line switches are documented in man bash. -e Exit immediately if a pipeline (which may consist of a single simple command), a subshell command enclosed in parentheses, or …

  8. What does $# mean in bash? - Ask Ubuntu

    Jul 25, 2017 · Furthermore, when you use bash -c, behavior is different than if you run an executable shell script, because in the latter case the argument with index 0 is the shell command used to invoke it.

  9. What's the difference between <<, <<< and < < in bash?

    Sep 27, 2015 · What's the difference between <<, <<< and < < in bash? Here document << is known as here-document structure. You let the program know what will be the ending text, and whenever that …

  10. Bash test: what does "=~" do? - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange

    Jan 27, 2017 · I realize you said “read the bash man pages” but at first, I thought you meant read the man pages within bash. At any rate, man bash returns a huge file, which is 4139 lines (72 pages) long.