dash Command Examples

Debian Almquist Shell, a modern, POSIX-compliant implementation of sh (not Bash-compatible). More information: https://manned.org/dash.

• Start an interactive shell session:

dash

• Execute specific [c]ommands:

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

• Execute a specific script:

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

• Check a specific script for syntax errors:

dash -n {{path/to/script.sh}}

• Execute a specific script while printing each command before executing it:

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

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

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

• Execute specific commands from stdin:

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