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| -rw-r--r-- | shells/bash2/pkg/DESCR | 18 |
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diff --git a/shells/bash2/pkg/DESCR b/shells/bash2/pkg/DESCR index 497fcff47de..58bb87fa70d 100644 --- a/shells/bash2/pkg/DESCR +++ b/shells/bash2/pkg/DESCR @@ -1,8 +1,10 @@ -Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne -Again SHell, an interactive shell with Bourne shell syntax (/bin/sh); -but also with interactive command line editing, job control on -architectures that support it, Csh-like history features and brace -expansion, and a slew of other stuff. For more information on the -features of Bash that are new to this type of shell, see the file -`documentation/features.texi'. There is also a processed DVI file -there, as well as a large man page. +Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from +the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to +the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. + +It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and +interactive use; these include command line editing, unlimited size +command history, job control, shell functions and aliases, indexed +arrays of unlimited size, and integer arithmetic in any base from two +to sixty-four. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without +modification. |