Bashism

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What is a "Bashism" on Linux?

A Bashism is a use of a feature in a shell script that is supported by Bash, the default shell on mainstream Linux distributions, but not by other shells such as ash, dash, zsh, etc.

For a list of Bashisms, see [https://mywiki.wooledge.org/Bashism].

Written by Noel Santos.

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I'm a self-taught Brazilian programmer graduated in IT from a FATEC. In a world of increasingly complex and essential computers, I decided to use my technical expertise in hardware, desktop applications, and web technologies to create an informative resource to make PC's easier to understand.

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