bash Command Examples

Bourne-Again SHell, an sh-compatible command-line interpreter. See also: zsh, histexpand (history expansion). More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/.

• Start an interactive shell session:

bash

• Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs:

bash --norc

• Execute specific [c]ommands:

bash -c "{{echo 'bash is executed'}}"

• Execute a specific script:

bash {{path/to/script.sh}}

• E[x]ecute a specific script, printing each command before executing it:

bash -x {{path/to/script.sh}}

• Execute a specific script and stop at the first [e]rror:

bash -e {{path/to/script.sh}}

• Execute specific commands from stdin:

{{echo "echo 'bash is executed'"}} | bash

• Start a [r]estricted shell session:

bash -r