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key: pl/bash
kind: plang
name: "Bash"
url: https://plangs.page/bash
---

# Bash

> Shell and command language supported by the Free Software Foundation.

Developed by Brian Fox as a free alternative to the Bourne Shell. Widely adopted as the default shell for many Linux distributions. It incorporates features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh). It is POSIX-compliant, making it compatible with many Bourne shell scripts.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1989
- Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Pipeline](https://plangs.page/paradigm/pipeline)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Embedded](https://plangs.page/platform/embedded)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Untyped](https://plangs.page/type-system/untyped)

### Target Of

- [Amber](https://plangs.page/amber)

### Dialects

- [KornShell](https://plangs.page/kornshell)

### Influenced

- [KornShell](https://plangs.page/kornshell)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Licenses

- [GPL](https://plangs.page/license/gnu-gpl)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Automation](https://plangs.page/tag/automation)
- [CLI](https://plangs.page/tag/cli)
- [Editor](https://plangs.page/tag/editor)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Shell](https://plangs.page/tag/shell)