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-.TH BASH 1 "2004 June 26" "GNU Bash-3.0"
+.TH BASH 1 "2008 December 29" "GNU Bash-4.0"
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.SH COPYRIGHT
-.if n Bash is Copyright (C) 1989-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-.if t Bash is Copyright \(co 1989-2004 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if n Bash is Copyright (C) 1989-2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+.if t Bash is Copyright \(co 1989-2009 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B Bash
is an \fBsh\fR-compatible command language interpreter that
shells (\fBksh\fP and \fBcsh\fP).
.PP
.B Bash
-is intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE
-POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003\.2).
+is intended to be a conformant implementation of the
+Shell and Utilities portion of the IEEE POSIX specification
+(IEEE Standard 1003.1).
+.B Bash
+can be configured to be POSIX-conformant by default.
.SH OPTIONS
In addition to the single-character shell options documented in the
description of the \fBset\fR builtin command, \fBbash\fR
.TP
.B \-D
A list of all double-quoted strings preceded by \fB$\fP
-is printed on the standard ouput.
+is printed on the standard output.
These are the strings that
are subject to language translation when the current locale
is not \fBC\fP or \fBPOSIX\fP.
.TP
.B \-\-debugger
Arrange for the debugger profile to be executed before the shell
-starts. Turns on extended debugging mode (see the description of the
+starts.
+Turns on extended debugging mode (see the description of the
.B extdebug
option to the
.B shopt
-builtin below) and shell function tracing (see the description of the
+builtin below)
+and shell function tracing (see the description of the
\fB\-o functrace\fP option to the
.B set
builtin below).
.TP
.B \-\-posix
Change the behavior of \fBbash\fP where the default operation differs
-from the POSIX 1003.2 standard to match the standard (\fIposix mode\fP).
+from the POSIX standard to match the standard (\fIposix mode\fP).
.TP
.B \-\-restricted
The shell becomes restricted (see
No other startup files are read.
.PP
.B Bash
-attempts to determine when it is being run by the remote shell
-daemon, usually \fIrshd\fP.
+attempts to determine when it is being run with its standard input
+connected to a a network connection, as if by the remote shell
+daemon, usually \fIrshd\fP, or the secure shell daemon \fIsshd\fP.
If
.B bash
-determines it is being run by \fIrshd\fP, it reads and executes
+determines it is being run in this fashion, it reads and executes
commands from \fI~/.bashrc\fP, if that file exists and is readable.
It will not do this if invoked as \fBsh\fP.
The
symbols:
.RS
.PP
-.if t \fB\(bv\(bv & && ; ;; ( ) | <newline>\fP
-.if n \fB|| & && ; ;; ( ) | <newline>\fP
+.if t \fB\(bv\(bv & && ; ;; ( ) | |& <newline>\fP
+.if n \fB|| & && ; ;; ( ) | |& <newline>\fP
.RE
.PD
.SH "RESERVED WORDS"
.SS Pipelines
.PP
A \fIpipeline\fP is a sequence of one or more commands separated by
-the character
-.BR | .
+one of the control operators
+.B |
+or \fB|&\fP.
The format for a pipeline is:
.RS
.PP
-[\fBtime\fP [\fB\-p\fP]] [ ! ] \fIcommand\fP [ \fB|\fP \fIcommand2\fP ... ]
+[\fBtime\fP [\fB\-p\fP]] [ ! ] \fIcommand\fP [ [\fB|\fP\(bv\fB|&\fP] \fIcommand2\fP ... ]
.RE
.PP
The standard output of
.SM
.B REDIRECTION
below).
+If \fB|&\fP is used, the standard error of \fIcommand\fP is connected to
+\fIcommand2\fP's standard input through the pipe; it is shorthand for
+\fB2>&1 |\fP.
+This implicit redirection of the standard error is performed after any
+redirections specified by the command.
.PP
The return status of a pipeline is the exit status of the last
command, unless the \fBpipefail\fP option is enabled.
have equal precedence, followed by
.B ;
and
-.BR &,
+.BR & ,
which have equal precedence.
.PP
A sequence of one or more newlines may appear in a \fIlist\fP instead
command to terminate in turn. The return status is the
exit status of the last command executed.
.PP
-The control operators
-.B &&
-and
-.B \(bv\(bv
-denote AND lists and OR lists, respectively.
+AND and OR lists are sequences of one of more pipelines separated by the
+\fB&&\fP and \fB\(bv\(bv\fP control operators, respectively.
+AND and OR lists are executed with left associativity.
An AND list has the form
.RS
.PP
.I command2
is executed if and only if
.I command1
-returns a non-zero exit status. The return status of
+returns a non-zero exit status.
+The return status of
AND and OR lists is the exit status of the last command
executed in the list.
.SS Compound Commands
Note that unlike the metacharacters \fB(\fP and \fB)\fP, \fB{\fP and
\fB}\fP are \fIreserved words\fP and must occur where a reserved
word is permitted to be recognized. Since they do not cause a word
-break, they must be separated from \fIlist\fP by whitespace.
+break, they must be separated from \fIlist\fP by whitespace or another
+shell metacharacter.
.TP
((\fIexpression\fP))
The \fIexpression\fP is evaluated according to the rules described
When the \fB==\fP and \fB!=\fP operators are used, the string to the
right of the operator is considered a pattern and matched according
to the rules described below under \fBPattern Matching\fP.
-The return value is 0 if the string matches or does not match
-the pattern, respectively, and 1 otherwise.
+If the shell option
+.B nocasematch
+is enabled, the match is performed without regard to the case
+of alphabetic characters.
+The return value is 0 if the string matches (\fB==\fP) or does not match
+(\fB!=\fP) the pattern, and 1 otherwise.
Any part of the pattern may be quoted to force it to be matched as a
string.
.if t .sp 0.5
If the regular expression is syntactically incorrect, the conditional
expression's return value is 2.
If the shell option
-.B nocaseglob
+.B nocasematch
is enabled, the match is performed without regard to the case
of alphabetic characters.
+Any part of the pattern may be quoted to force it to be matched as a
+string.
Substrings matched by parenthesized subexpressions within the regular
expression are saved in the array variable \fBBASH_REMATCH\fP.
The element of \fBBASH_REMATCH\fP with index 0 is the portion of the string
it against each \fIpattern\fP in turn, using the same matching rules
as for pathname expansion (see
.B Pathname Expansion
-below). When a match is found, the
-corresponding \fIlist\fP is executed. After the first match, no
-subsequent matches are attempted. The exit status is zero if no
+below).
+The \fIword\fP is expanded using tilde
+expansion, parameter and variable expansion, arithmetic substitution,
+command substitution, process substitution and quote removal.
+Each \fIpattern\fP examined is expanded using tilde
+expansion, parameter and variable expansion, arithmetic substitution,
+command substitution, and process substitution.
+If the shell option
+.B nocasematch
+is enabled, the match is performed without regard to the case
+of alphabetic characters.
+When a match is found, the corresponding \fIlist\fP is executed.
+If the \fB;;\fP operator is used, no subsequent matches are attempted after
+the first pattern match.
+Using \fB;&\fP in place of \fB;;\fP causes execution to continue with
+the \fIlist\fP associated with the next set of patterns.
+Using \fB;;&\fP in place of \fB;;\fP causes the shell to test the next
+pattern list in the statement, if any, and execute any associated \fIlist\fP
+on a successful match.
+The exit status is zero if no
pattern matches. Otherwise, it is the exit status of the
last command executed in \fIlist\fP.
.TP
is the exit status
of the last \fBdo\fP \fIlist\fP command executed, or zero if
none was executed.
+.SS Coprocesses
+.PP
+A \fIcoprocess\fP is a shell command preceded by the \fBcoproc\fP reserved
+word.
+A coprocess is executed asynchronously in a subshell, as if the command
+had been terminated with the \fB&\fP control operator, with a two-way pipe
+established between the executing shell and the coprocess.
+.PP
+The format for a coprocess is:
+.RS
+.PP
+\fBcoproc\fP [\fINAME\fP] \fIcommand\fP [\fIredirections\fP]
+.RE
+.PP
+This creates a coprocess named \fINAME\fP.
+If \fINAME\fP is not supplied, the default name is \fICOPROC\fP.
+When the coproc is executed, the shell creates an array variable (see
+.B Arrays
+below) named \fINAME\fP in the context of the executing shell.
+The standard output of
+.I command
+is connected via a pipe to a file descriptor in the executing shell,
+and that file descriptor is assigned to \fINAME\fP[0].
+The standard input of
+.I command
+is connected via a pipe to a file descriptor in the executing shell,
+and that file descriptor is assigned to \fINAME\fP[1].
+This pipe is established before any redirections specified by the
+command (see
+.SM
+.B REDIRECTION
+below).
+The file descriptors can be utilized as arguments to shell commands
+and redirections using standard word expansions.
+The process id of the shell spawned to execute the coprocess is
+available as the value of the variable \fINAME\fP_PID.
+The \fBwait\fP
+builtin command may be used to wait for the coprocess to terminate.
+.PP
+The return status of a coprocess is the exit status of \fIcommand\fP.
.SS Shell Function Definitions
.PP
A shell function is an object that is called like a simple command and
has special meaning to the shell and must be quoted if it is to
represent itself.
.PP
-When the command history expansion facilities are being used, the
+When the command history expansion facilities are being used
+(see
+.SM
+.B HISTORY EXPANSION
+below), the
\fIhistory expansion\fP character, usually \fB!\fP, must be quoted
to prevent history expansion.
.PP
Enclosing characters in double quotes preserves the literal value
of all characters within the quotes, with the exception of
.BR $ ,
-.BR ` ,
-and
-.BR \e .
+.BR \` ,
+.BR \e ,
+and, when history expansion is enabled,
+.BR ! .
The characters
.B $
and
-.B `
+.B \`
retain their special meaning within double quotes. The backslash
retains its special meaning only when followed by one of the following
characters:
.BR $ ,
-.BR ` ,
+.BR \` ,
\^\fB"\fP\^,
.BR \e ,
or
.BR <newline> .
A double quote may be quoted within double quotes by preceding it with
a backslash.
-When command history is being used, the double quote may not be used to
-quote the history expansion character.
+If enabled, history expansion will be performed unless an
+.B !
+appearing in double quotes is escaped using a backslash.
+The backslash preceding the
+.B !
+is not removed.
.PP
The special parameters
.B *
.B PARAMETERS
below).
.PP
-Words of the form \fB$\fP'\fIstring\fP' are treated specially. The
+Words of the form \fB$\fP\(aq\fIstring\fP\(aq are treated specially. The
word expands to \fIstring\fP, with backslash-escaped characters replaced
-as specifed by the ANSI C standard. Backslash escape sequences, if
+as specified by the ANSI C standard. Backslash escape sequences, if
present, are decoded as follows:
.RS
.PD 0
.B \e\e
backslash
.TP
-.B \e'
+.B \e\(aq
single quote
.TP
.B \e\fInnn\fP
and
.B local
builtin commands.
+.PP
+In the context where an assignment statement is assigning a value
+to a shell variable or array index, the += operator can be used to
+append to or add to the variable's previous value.
+When += is applied to a variable for which the integer attribute has been
+set, \fIvalue\fP is evaluated as an arithmetic expression and added to the
+variable's current value, which is also evaluated.
+When += is applied to an array variable using compound assignment (see
+.B Arrays
+below), the
+variable's value is not unset (as it is when using =), and new values are
+appended to the array beginning at one greater than the array's maximum index
+(for indexed arrays) or added as additional key\-value pairs in an
+associative array.
+When applied to a string-valued variable, \fIvalue\fP is expanded and
+appended to the variable's value.
.SS Positional Parameters
.PP
A
expansion occurs within double quotes, each parameter expands to a
separate word. That is, "\fB$@\fP" is equivalent to
"\fB$1\fP" "\fB$2\fP" ...
+If the double-quoted expansion occurs within a word, the expansion of
+the first parameter is joined with the beginning part of the original
+word, and the expansion of the last parameter is joined with the last
+part of the original word.
When there are no positional parameters, "\fB$@\fP" and
.B $@
expand to nothing (i.e., they are removed).
Expands to the number of positional parameters in decimal.
.TP
.B ?
-Expands to the status of the most recently executed foreground
+Expands to the exit status of the most recently executed foreground
pipeline.
.TP
.B \-
as given by argument zero.
.TP
.B _
-At shell startup, set to the absolute file name of the shell or shell
-script being executed as passed in the argument list.
+At shell startup, set to the absolute pathname used to invoke the
+shell or shell script being executed as passed in the environment
+or argument list.
Subsequently, expands to the last argument to the previous command,
after expansion.
-Also set to the full file name of each command executed and placed in
-the environment exported to that command.
+Also set to the full pathname used to invoke each command executed
+and placed in the environment exported to that command.
When checking mail, this parameter holds the name of the mail file
currently being checked.
.PD
Expands to the full file name used to invoke this instance of
.BR bash .
.TP
+.B BASHPID
+Expands to the process id of the current \fBbash\fP process.
+This differs from \fB$$\fP under certain circumstances, such as subshells
+that do not require \fBbash\fP to be re-initialized.
+.TP
+.B BASH_ALIASES
+An associative array variable whose members correspond to the internal
+list of aliases as maintained by the \fBalias\fP builtin
+Elements added to this array appear in the alias list; unsetting array
+elements cause aliases to be removed from the alias list.
+.TP
.B BASH_ARGC
An array variable whose values are the number of parameters in each
-frame of the current bash execution call stack. The number of
+frame of the current \fBbash\fP execution call stack.
+The number of
parameters to the current subroutine (shell function or script executed
-with \fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP) is at the top of the stack. When a
-subroutine is executed, the number of parameters passed is pushed onto
+with \fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP) is at the top of the stack.
+When a subroutine is executed, the number of parameters passed is pushed onto
\fBBASH_ARGC\fP.
+The shell sets \fBBASH_ARGC\fP only when in extended debugging mode
+(see the description of the
+.B extdebug
+option to the
+.B shopt
+builtin below)
.TP
.B BASH_ARGV
-An array variable containing all of the parameters in the current bash
+An array variable containing all of the parameters in the current \fBbash\fP
execution call stack. The final parameter of the last subroutine call
is at the top of the stack; the first parameter of the initial call is
at the bottom. When a subroutine is executed, the parameters supplied
are pushed onto \fBBASH_ARGV\fP.
+The shell sets \fBBASH_ARGV\fP only when in extended debugging mode
+(see the description of the
+.B extdebug
+option to the
+.B shopt
+builtin below)
+.TP
+.B BASH_CMDS
+An associative array variable whose members correspond to the internal
+hash table of commands as maintained by the \fBhash\fP builtin.
+Elements added to this array appear in the hash table; unsetting array
+elements cause commands to be removed from the hash table.
.TP
.B BASH_COMMAND
The command currently being executed or about to be executed, unless the
.TP
.B BASH_LINENO
An array variable whose members are the line numbers in source files
-corresponding to each member of @var{FUNCNAME}.
+corresponding to each member of \fBFUNCNAME\fP.
\fB${BASH_LINENO[\fP\fI$i\fP\fB]}\fP is the line number in the source
-file where \fB${FUNCNAME[\fP\fI$i + 1\fP\fB]}\fP was called.
-The corresponding source file name is \fB${BASH_SOURCE[\fP\fI$i + 1\fP\fB]}\fB.
+file where \fB${FUNCNAME[\fP\fI$i\fP\fB]}\fP was called
+(or \fB${BASH_LINENO[\fP\fI$i-1\fP\fB]}\fP if referenced within another
+shell function).
+The corresponding source file name is \fB${BASH_SOURCE[\fP\fI$i\fP\fB]}\fB.
Use \fBLINENO\fP to obtain the current line number.
.TP
.B BASH_REMATCH
programmable completion facilities (see \fBProgrammable Completion\fP
below).
.TP
+.B COMP_KEY
+The key (or final key of a key sequence) used to invoke the current
+completion function.
+.TP
.B COMP_LINE
The current command line.
This variable is available only in shell functions and external
programmable completion facilities (see \fBProgrammable Completion\fP
below).
.TP
+.B COMP_TYPE
+Set to an integer value corresponding to the type of completion attempted
+that caused a completion function to be called:
+\fITAB\fP, for normal completion,
+\fI?\fP, for listing completions after successive tabs,
+\fI!\fP, for listing alternatives on partial word completion,
+\fI@\fP, to list completions if the word is not unmodified,
+or
+\fI%\fP, for menu completion.
+This variable is available only in shell functions and external
+commands invoked by the
+programmable completion facilities (see \fBProgrammable Completion\fP
+below).
+.TP
.B COMP_WORDBREAKS
The set of characters that the Readline library treats as word
separators when performing word completion.
.B COMP_WORDS
An array variable (see \fBArrays\fP below) consisting of the individual
words in the current command line.
+The words are split on shell metacharacters as the shell parser would
+separate them.
This variable is available only in shell functions invoked by the
programmable completion facilities (see \fBProgrammable Completion\fP
below).
currently in the execution call stack.
The element with index 0 is the name of any currently-executing
shell function.
-The bottom-most element is "main".
+The bottom-most element is
+.if t \f(CW"main"\fP.
+.if n "main".
This variable exists only when a shell function is executing.
Assignments to
.SM
.B HISTFILESIZE
The maximum number of lines contained in the history file. When this
variable is assigned a value, the history file is truncated, if
-necessary, to contain no more than that number of lines. The default
+necessary, by removing the oldest entries,
+to contain no more than that number of lines. The default
value is 500. The history file is also truncated to this size after
writing it when an interactive shell exits.
.TP
entry displayed by the \fBhistory\fP builtin.
If this variable is set, time stamps are written to the history file so
they may be preserved across shell sessions.
+This uses the history comment character to distinguish timestamps from
+other history lines.
.TP
.B HOME
The home directory of the current user; the default argument for the
Example:
.RS
.PP
-\fBMAILPATH\fP='/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell\-mail?"$_ has mail!"'
+\fBMAILPATH\fP=\(aq/var/mail/bfox?"You have mail":~/shell\-mail?"$_ has mail!"\(aq
.PP
.B Bash
supplies a default value for this variable, but the location of the user
If set, the value is executed as a command prior to issuing each primary
prompt.
.TP
+.B PROMPT_DIRTRIM
+If set to a number greater than zero, the value is used as the number of
+trailing directory components to retain when expanding the \fB\ew\fB and
+\fB\eW\fP prompt string escapes (see
+.SM
+.B PROMPTING
+below). Characters removed are replaced with an ellipsis.
+.TP
.B PS1
The value of this parameter is expanded (see
.SM
included.
.IP
If this variable is not set, \fBbash\fP acts as if it had the
-value \fB$'\enreal\et%3lR\enuser\et%3lU\ensys\t%3lS'\fP.
+value \fB$\(aq\enreal\et%3lR\enuser\et%3lU\ensys\t%3lS\(aq\fP.
If the value is null, no timing information is displayed.
A trailing newline is added when the format string is displayed.
.TP
terminates after waiting for that number of seconds if input does
not arrive.
.TP
+.B TMPDIR
+If set, \fBBash\fP uses its value as the name of a directory in which
+\fBBash\fP creates temporary files for the shell's use.
+.TP
.B auto_resume
This variable controls how the shell interacts with the user and
job control. If this variable is set, single word simple
.B JOB CONTROL
below). If set to any other value, the supplied string must
be a prefix of a stopped job's name; this provides functionality
-analogous to the
-.B %
-job identifier.
+analogous to the \fB%\fP\fIstring\fP job identifier.
.TP
.B histchars
The two or three characters which control history expansion
.PD
.SS Arrays
.B Bash
-provides one-dimensional array variables. Any variable may be used as
-an array; the
+provides one-dimensional indexed and associative array variables.
+Any variable may be used as an indexed array; the
.B declare
-builtin will explicitly declare an array. There is no maximum
+builtin will explicitly declare an array.
+There is no maximum
limit on the size of an array, nor any requirement that members
-be indexed or assigned contiguously. Arrays are indexed using
-integers and are zero-based.
+be indexed or assigned contiguously.
+Indexed arrays are referenced using integers (including arithmetic
+expressions) and are zero-based; associative arrays are referenced
+using arbitrary strings.
.PP
-An array is created automatically if any variable is assigned to using
-the syntax \fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]=\fIvalue\fP. The
+An indexed array is created automatically if any variable is assigned to
+using the syntax \fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]=\fIvalue\fP. The
.I subscript
is treated as an arithmetic expression that must evaluate to a number
-greater than or equal to zero. To explicitly declare an array, use
+greater than or equal to zero. To explicitly declare an indexed array,
+use
.B declare \-a \fIname\fP
(see
.SM
.B SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
below).
.B declare \-a \fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]
-is also accepted; the \fIsubscript\fP is ignored. Attributes may be
+is also accepted; the \fIsubscript\fP is ignored.
+.PP
+Associative arrays are created using
+.BR "declare \-A \fIname\fP" .
+.PP
+Attributes may be
specified for an array variable using the
.B declare
and
.PP
Arrays are assigned to using compound assignments of the form
\fIname\fP=\fB(\fPvalue\fI1\fP ... value\fIn\fP\fB)\fP, where each
-\fIvalue\fP is of the form [\fIsubscript\fP]=\fIstring\fP. Only
-\fIstring\fP is required. If
-the optional brackets and subscript are supplied, that index is assigned to;
+\fIvalue\fP is of the form [\fIsubscript\fP]=\fIstring\fP.
+Indexed array assignments do not require the bracket and subscript.
+When assigning to indexed arrays, if the optional brackets and subscript
+are supplied, that index is assigned to;
otherwise the index of the element assigned is the last index assigned
to by the statement plus one. Indexing starts at zero.
+.PP
+When assigning to an associative array, the subscript is required.
+.PP
This syntax is also accepted by the
.B declare
builtin. Individual array elements may be assigned to using the
.B IFS
special variable, and ${\fIname\fP[@]} expands each element of
\fIname\fP to a separate word. When there are no array members,
-${\fIname\fP[@]} expands to nothing. This is analogous to the expansion
+${\fIname\fP[@]} expands to nothing.
+If the double-quoted expansion occurs within a word, the expansion of
+the first parameter is joined with the beginning part of the original
+word, and the expansion of the last parameter is joined with the last
+part of the original word.
+This is analogous to the expansion
of the special parameters \fB*\fP and \fB@\fP (see
.B Special Parameters
above). ${#\fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]} expands to the length of
${\fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]}. If \fIsubscript\fP is \fB*\fP or
\fB@\fP, the expansion is the number of elements in the array.
Referencing an array variable without a subscript is equivalent to
-referencing element zero.
+referencing the array with a subscript of 0.
.PP
The
.B unset
builtin is used to destroy arrays. \fBunset\fP \fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP]
destroys the array element at index \fIsubscript\fP.
+Care must be taken to avoid unwanted side effects caused by filename
+generation.
\fBunset\fP \fIname\fP, where \fIname\fP is an array, or
\fBunset\fP \fIname\fP[\fIsubscript\fP], where
\fIsubscript\fP is \fB*\fP or \fB@\fP, removes the entire array.
.B readonly
builtins each accept a
.B \-a
-option to specify an array. The
+option to specify an indexed array and a
+.B \-A
+option to specify an associative array.
+The
.B read
builtin accepts a
.B \-a
string are not sorted; left to right order is preserved.
For example, a\fB{\fPd,c,b\fB}\fPe expands into `ade ace abe'.
.PP
-A sequence expression takes the form \fB{\fP\fIx\fP\fB..\fP\fIy\fP\fB}\fP,
-where \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP are either integers or single characters.
+A sequence expression takes the form
+\fB{\fP\fIx\fP\fB..\fP\fIy\fP\fB[..\fP\fIincr\fP\fB]}\fP,
+where \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP are either integers or single characters,
+and \fIincr\fP, an optional increment, is an integer.
When integers are supplied, the expression expands to each number between
\fIx\fP and \fIy\fP, inclusive.
+Supplied integers may be prefixed with \fI0\fP to force each term to have the
+same width. When either \fIx\fP or \fPy\fP begins with a zero, the shell
+attempts to force all generated terms to contain the same number of digits,
+zero-padding where necessary.
When characters are supplied, the expression expands to each character
lexicographically between \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP, inclusive. Note that
both \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP must be of the same type.
+When the increment is supplied, it is used as the difference between
+each term. The default increment is 1 or -1 as appropriate.
.PP
Brace expansion is performed before any other expansions,
and any characters special to other expansions are preserved
Each variable assignment is checked for unquoted tilde-prefixes immediately
following a
.B :
-or
+or the first
.BR = .
In these cases, tilde expansion is also performed.
Consequently, one may use file names with tildes in assignments to
.PP
When braces are used, the matching ending brace is the first `\fB}\fP'
not escaped by a backslash or within a quoted string, and not within an
-embedded arithmetic expansion, command substitution, or paramter
+embedded arithmetic expansion, command substitution, or parameter
expansion.
.PP
.PD 0
is used as an offset from the end of the value of \fIparameter\fP.
If \fIparameter\fP is \fB@\fP, the result is \fIlength\fP positional
parameters beginning at \fIoffset\fP.
-If \fIparameter\fP is an array name indexed by @ or *,
+If \fIparameter\fP is an indexed array name subscripted by @ or *,
the result is the \fIlength\fP
members of the array beginning with ${\fIparameter\fP[\fIoffset\fP]}.
+A negative \fIoffset\fP is taken relative to one greater than the maximum
+index of the specified array.
+Substring expansion applied to an associative array produces undefined
+results.
+Note that a negative offset must be separated from the colon by at least
+one space to avoid being confused with the :- expansion.
Substring indexing is zero-based unless the positional parameters
-are used, in which case the indexing starts at 1.
+are used, in which case the indexing starts at 1 by default.
+If \fIoffset\fP is 0, and the positional parameters are used, \fB$0\fP is
+prefixed to the list.
.TP
${\fB!\fP\fIprefix\fP\fB*\fP}
.PD 0
.TP
${\fB!\fP\fIprefix\fP\fB@\fP}
.PD
+\fBNames matching prefix.\fP
Expands to the names of variables whose names begin with \fIprefix\fP,
separated by the first character of the
.SM
.B IFS
special variable.
+When \fI@\fP is used and the expansion appears within double quotes, each
+variable name expands to a separate word.
.TP
${\fB!\fP\fIname\fP[\fI@\fP]}
.PD 0
.TP
${\fB!\fP\fIname\fP[\fI*\fP]}
.PD
+\fBList of array keys.\fP
If \fIname\fP is an array variable, expands to the list of array indices
(keys) assigned in \fIname\fP.
If \fIname\fP is not an array, expands to 0 if \fIname\fP is set and null
key expands to a separate word.
.TP
${\fB#\fP\fIparameter\fP}
+\fBParameter length.\fP
The length in characters of the value of \fIparameter\fP is substituted.
If
.I parameter
.TP
${\fIparameter\fP\fB##\fP\fIword\fP}
.PD
+\fBRemove matching prefix pattern.\fP
The
.I word
is expanded to produce a pattern just as in pathname
.TP
${\fIparameter\fP\fB%%\fP\fIword\fP}
.PD
+\fBRemove matching suffix pattern.\fP
The \fIword\fP is expanded to produce a pattern just as in
pathname expansion.
If the pattern matches a trailing portion of the expanded value of
array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.
.TP
${\fIparameter\fP\fB/\fP\fIpattern\fP\fB/\fP\fIstring\fP}
-.PD 0
-.TP
-${\fIparameter\fP\fB//\fP\fIpattern\fP\fB/\fP\fIstring\fP}
-.PD
+\fBPattern substitution.\fP
The \fIpattern\fP is expanded to produce a pattern just as in
pathname expansion.
\fIParameter\fP is expanded and the longest match of \fIpattern\fP
against its value is replaced with \fIstring\fP.
-In the first form, only the first match is replaced.
-The second form causes all matches of \fIpattern\fP to be
-replaced with \fIstring\fP.
+If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB/\fP, all matches of \fIpattern\fP are
+replaced with \fIstring\fP. Normally only the first match is replaced.
If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB#\fP, it must match at the beginning
of the expanded value of \fIparameter\fP.
If \fIpattern\fP begins with \fB%\fP, it must match at the end
.BR * ,
the substitution operation is applied to each member of the
array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.
+.TP
+${\fIparameter\fP\fB^\fP\fIpattern\fP}
+.PD 0
+.TP
+${\fIparameter\fP\fB^^\fP\fIpattern\fP}
+.TP
+${\fIparameter\fP\fB,\fP\fIpattern\fP}
+.TP
+${\fIparameter\fP\fB,,\fP\fIpattern\fP}
+.PD
+\fBCase modification.\fP
+This expansion modifies the case of alphabetic characters in \fIparameter\fP.
+The \fIpattern\fP is expanded to produce a pattern just as in
+pathname expansion.
+The \fB^\fP operator converts lowercase letters matching \fIpattern\fP
+to uppercase; the \fB,\fP operator converts matching uppercase letters
+to lowercase.
+The \fB^^\fP and \fB,,\fP expansions convert each matched character in the
+expanded value; the \fB^\fP and \fB,\fP expansions match and convert only
+the first character.
+If \fIpattern\fP is omitted, it is treated like a \fB?\fP, which matches
+every character.
+If
+.I parameter
+is
+.B @
+or
+.BR * ,
+the case modification operation is applied to each positional
+parameter in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.
+If
+.I parameter
+is an array variable subscripted with
+.B @
+or
+.BR * ,
+the case modification operation is applied to each member of the
+array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.
.SS Command Substitution
.PP
\fICommand substitution\fP allows the output of a command to replace
.RE
or
.RS
-\fB`\fP\fIcommand\fP\fB`\fP
+\fB\`\fP\fIcommand\fP\fB\`\fP
.RE
.PP
.B Bash
When the old-style backquote form of substitution is used,
backslash retains its literal meaning except when followed by
.BR $ ,
-.BR ` ,
+.BR \` ,
or
.BR \e .
The first backquote not preceded by a backslash terminates the
value is exactly
.BR <space><tab><newline> ,
the default, then
+sequences of
+.BR <space> ,
+.BR <tab> ,
+and
+.B <newline>
+at the beginning and end of the results of the previous
+expansions are ignored, and
any sequence of
.SM
.B IFS
-characters serves to delimit words. If
+characters not at the beginning or end serves to delimit words.
+If
.SM
.B IFS
has a value other than the default, then sequences of
.B IFS
is null, no word splitting occurs.
.PP
-Explicit null arguments (\^\f3"\^"\fP or \^\f3'\^'\fP\^) are retained.
+Explicit null arguments (\^\f3"\^"\fP or \^\f3\(aq\^\(aq\fP\^) are retained.
Unquoted implicit null arguments, resulting from the expansion of
parameters that have no values, are removed.
If a parameter with no value is expanded within double quotes, a
If no matching file names are found,
and the shell option
.B nullglob
-is disabled, the word is left unchanged.
+is not enabled, the word is left unchanged.
If the
.B nullglob
option is set, and no matches are found,
.TP
.B *
Matches any string, including the null string.
+When the \fBglobstar\fP shell option is enabled, and \fB*\fP is used in
+a filename expansion context, two adjacent \fB*\fPs used as a single
+pattern will match all files and zero or more directories and
+subdirectories.
+If followed by a \fB/\fP, two adjacent \fB*\fPs will match only directories
+and subdirectories.
.TP
.B ?
Matches any single character.
.BR ] ,
\fIcharacter classes\fP can be specified using the syntax
\fB[:\fP\fIclass\fP\fB:]\fP, where \fIclass\fP is one of the
-following classes defined in the POSIX.2 standard:
+following classes defined in the POSIX standard:
.PP
.RS
.B
Matches one or more occurrences of the given patterns
.TP
\fB@(\fP\^\fIpattern-list\^\fP\fB)\fP
-Matches exactly one of the given patterns
+Matches one of the given patterns
.TP
\fB!(\fP\^\fIpattern-list\^\fP\fB)\fP
Matches anything except one of the given patterns
After the preceding expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the
characters
.BR \e ,
-.BR ' ,
+.BR \(aq ,
and \^\f3"\fP\^ that did not result from one of the above
expansions are removed.
.SH REDIRECTION
.RE
.PP
A failure to open or create a file causes the redirection to fail.
+.PP
+Redirections using file descriptors greater than 9 should be used with
+care, as they may conflict with file descriptors the shell uses
+internally.
.SS Redirecting Input
.PP
Redirection of input causes the file whose name results from
.PP
.SS Redirecting Standard Output and Standard Error
.PP
-.B Bash
-allows both the
+This construct allows both the
standard output (file descriptor 1) and
the standard error output (file descriptor 2)
to be redirected to the file whose name is the
expansion of
-.I word
-with this construct.
+.IR word .
.PP
There are two formats for redirecting standard output and
standard error:
.PP
\fB>\fP\fIword\fP 2\fB>&\fP1
.RE
+.PP
+.SS Appending Standard Output and Standard Error
+.PP
+This construct allows both the
+standard output (file descriptor 1) and
+the standard error output (file descriptor 2)
+to be appended to the file whose name is the
+expansion of
+.IR word .
+.PP
+The format for appending standard output and standard error is:
+.RS
+.PP
+\fB&>>\fP\fIword\fP
+.RE
+.PP
+This is semantically equivalent to
+.RS
+.PP
+\fB>>\fP\fIword\fP 2\fB>&\fP1
+.RE
.SS Here Documents
.PP
This type of redirection instructs the shell to read input from the
current source until a line containing only
-.I word
+.I delimiter
(with no trailing blanks)
is seen. All of
the lines read up to that point are then used as the standard
.BR \e ,
.BR $ ,
and
-.BR ` .
+.BR \` .
.PP
If the redirection operator is
.BR <<\- ,
The first word of each simple command, if unquoted,
is checked to see if it has an
alias. If so, that word is replaced by the text of the alias.
-The characters \fB/\fP, \fB$\fP, \fB`\fP, and \fB=\fP and
+The characters \fB/\fP, \fB$\fP, \fB\`\fP, and \fB=\fP and
any of the shell \fImetacharacters\fP or quoting characters
listed above may not appear in an alias name.
The replacement text may contain any valid shell input,
with the exception that the
.SM
.B DEBUG
-trap (see the description of the
+and
+.B RETURN
+traps (see the description of the
.B trap
builtin under
.SM
.B SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
-below) is not inherited unless the function has been given the
+below) are not inherited unless the function has been given the
\fBtrace\fP attribute (see the description of the
.SM
.B declare
builtin below) or the
\fB\-o functrace\fP shell option has been enabled with
the \fBset\fP builtin
-(in which case all functions inherit the \fBDEBUG\fP trap).
+(in which case all functions inherit the \fBDEBUG\fP and \fBRETURN\fP traps).
.PP
Variables local to the function may be declared with the
.B local
option to the
.B export
builtin.
+A function definition may be deleted using the \fB\-f\fP option to
+the
+.B unset
+builtin.
Note that shell functions and variables with the same name may result
in multiple identically-named entries in the environment passed to the
shell's children.
The digits greater than 9 are represented by the lowercase letters,
the uppercase letters, @, and _, in that order.
If \fIbase\fP is less than or equal to 36, lowercase and uppercase
-letters may be used interchangably to represent numbers between 10
+letters may be used interchangeably to represent numbers between 10
and 35.
.PP
Operators are evaluated in order of precedence. Sub-expressions in
If the \fIfile\fP argument to one of the primaries is one of
\fI/dev/stdin\fP, \fI/dev/stdout\fP, or \fI/dev/stderr\fP, file
descriptor 0, 1, or 2, respectively, is checked.
+.PP
+Unless otherwise specified, primaries that operate on files follow symbolic
+links and operate on the target of the link, rather than the link itself.
.sp 1
.PD 0
.TP
.SM
.B PATH
is performed only if the command is not found in the hash table.
-If the search is unsuccessful, the shell prints an error
+If the search is unsuccessful, the shell searches for a defined shell
+function named \fBcommand_not_found_handle\fP.
+If that function exists, it is invoked with the original command and
+the original command's arguments as its arguments, and the function's
+exit status becomes the exit status of the shell.
+If that function is not defined, the shell prints an error
message and returns an exit status of 127.
.PP
If the search is successful, or if the command name contains
subshell environment. Changes made to the subshell environment
cannot affect the shell's execution environment.
.PP
+Subshells spawned to execute command substitutions inherit the value of
+the \fB\-e\fP option from the parent shell. When not in posix mode,
+Bash clears the \fB\-e\fP option in such subshells.
+.PP
If a command is followed by a \fB&\fP and job control is not active, the
default standard input for the command is the empty file \fI/dev/null\fP.
Otherwise, the invoked command inherits the file descriptors of the calling
is set to the full file name of the command and passed to that
command in its environment.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.PP
+The exit status of an executed command is the value returned by the
+\fIwaitpid\fP system call or equivalent function. Exit statuses
+fall between 0 and 255, though, as explained below, the shell may
+use values above 125 specially. Exit statuses from shell builtins and
+compound commands are also limited to this range. Under certain
+circumstances, the shell will use special values to indicate specific
+failure modes.
+.PP
For the shell's purposes, a command which exits with a
zero exit status has succeeded. An exit status of zero
indicates success. A non-zero exit status indicates failure.
.B SIGHUP
to all jobs when an interactive login shell exits.
.PP
-If \Bbash\fP is waiting for a command to complete and receives a signal
+If \fBbash\fP is waiting for a command to complete and receives a signal
for which a trap has been set, the trap will not be executed until
the command completes.
When \fBbash\fP is waiting for an asynchronous command via the \fBwait\fP
There are a number of ways to refer to a job in the shell.
The character
.B %
-introduces a job name. Job number
+introduces a job specification (\fIjobspec\fP). Job number
.I n
may be referred to as
.BR %n .
.I "previous job"
may be referenced using
.BR %\- .
+If there is only a single job, \fB%+\fP and \fB%\-\fP can both be used
+to refer to that job.
In output pertaining to jobs (e.g., the output of the
.B jobs
command), the current job is always flagged with a
.BR + ,
and the previous job with a
.BR \- .
+A single % (with no accompanying job specification) also refers to the
+current job.
.PP
Simply naming a job can be used to bring it into the
foreground:
.PP
If an attempt to exit
.B bash
-is made while jobs are stopped, the shell prints a warning message. The
+is made while jobs are stopped (or, if the \fBcheckjobs\fP shell option has
+been enabled using the \fBshopt\fP builtin, running), the shell prints a
+warning message, and, if the \fBcheckjobs\fP option is enabled, lists the
+jobs and their statuses.
+The
.B jobs
-command may then be used to inspect their status.
+command may then be used to inspect their status.
If a second attempt to exit is made without an intervening command,
-the shell does not print another warning, and the stopped
+the shell does not print another warning, and any stopped
jobs are terminated.
.SH PROMPTING
When executing interactively,
.TP
.B \ew
the current working directory, with \fB$HOME\fP abbreviated with a tilde
+(uses the \fB$PROMPT_DIRTRIM\fP variable)
.TP
.B \eW
the basename of the current working directory, with \fB$HOME\fP
shell, unless the
.B \-\-noediting
option is given at shell invocation.
+Line editing is also used when using the \fB\-e\fP option to the
+\fBread\fP builtin.
By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of emacs.
A vi-style line editing interface is also available.
-To turn off line editing after the shell is running, use the
-.B +o emacs
+Line editing can be enabled at any time using the
+.B \-o emacs
or
-.B +o vi
+.B \-o vi
options to the
.B set
builtin (see
.SM
.B SHELL BUILTIN COMMANDS
below).
+To turn off line editing after the shell is running, use the
+.B +o emacs
+or
+.B +o vi
+options to the
+.B set
+builtin.
.SS "Readline Notation"
.PP
In this section, the emacs-style notation is used to denote
.B \e"
literal "
.TP
-.B \e'
-literal '
+.B \e\(aq
+literal \(aq
.RE
.PD
.PP
Unquoted text is assumed to be a function name.
In the macro body, the backslash escapes described above are expanded.
Backslash will quote any other character in the macro text,
-including " and '.
+including " and \(aq.
.PP
.B Bash
allows the current readline key bindings to be displayed or modified
Except where noted, readline variables can take the values
.B On
or
-.BR Off .
+.B Off
+(without regard to case).
+Unrecognized variable names are ignored.
+When a variable value is read, empty or null values, "on" (case-insensitive),
+and "1" are equivalent to \fBOn\fP. All other values are equivalent to
+\fBOff\fP.
The variables and their default values are:
.PP
.PD 0
\fBvisible\fP, readline uses a visible bell if one is available.
If set to \fBaudible\fP, readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell.
.TP
+.B bind\-tty\-special\-chars (On)
+If set to \fBOn\fP, readline attempts to bind the control characters
+treated specially by the kernel's terminal driver to their readline
+equivalents.
+.TP
.B comment\-begin (``#'')
The string that is inserted when the readline
.B insert\-comment
If set to \fBOn\fP, readline performs filename matching and completion
in a case\-insensitive fashion.
.TP
+.B completion\-prefix\-display\-length (0)
+The length in characters of the common prefix of a list of possible
+completions that is displayed without modification. When set to a
+value greater than zero, common prefixes longer than this value are
+replaced with an ellipsis when displaying possible completions.
+.TP
.B completion\-query\-items (100)
This determines when the user is queried about viewing
the number of possible completions
If set to \fBon\fP, tilde expansion is performed when readline
attempts word completion.
.TP
-.B history-preserve-point
+.B history\-preserve\-point (Off)
If set to \fBon\fP, the history code attempts to place point at the
-same location on each history line retrived with \fBprevious-history\fP
+same location on each history line retrieved with \fBprevious-history\fP
or \fBnext-history\fP.
.TP
+.B history\-size (0)
+Set the maximum number of history entries saved in the history list. If
+set to zero, the number of entries in the history list is not limited.
+.TP
.B horizontal\-scroll\-mode (Off)
When set to \fBOn\fP, makes readline use a single line for display,
scrolling the input horizontally on a single screen line when it
.B print\-completions\-horizontally (Off)
If set to \fBOn\fP, readline will display completions with matches
sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down the screen.
+.TP
+.B revert\-all\-at\-newline (Off)
+If set to \fBon\fP, readline will undo all changes to history lines
+before returning when \fBaccept\-line\fP is executed. By default,
+history lines may be modified and retain individual undo lists across
+calls to \fBreadline\fP.
.TP
.B show\-all\-if\-ambiguous (Off)
This alters the default behavior of the completion functions. If
alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
.TP
.B backward\-word (M\-b)
-Move back to the start of the current or previous word. Words are
-composed of alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
+Move back to the start of the current or previous word.
+Words are composed of alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
+.TP
+.B shell\-forward\-word
+Move forward to the end of the next word.
+Words are delimited by non-quoted shell metacharacters.
+.TP
+.B shell\-backward\-word
+Move back to the start of the current or previous word.
+Words are delimited by non-quoted shell metacharacters.
.TP
.B clear\-screen (C\-l)
Clear the screen leaving the current line at the top of the screen.
insert the \fIn\fPth word from the previous command (the words
in the previous command begin with word 0). A negative argument
inserts the \fIn\fPth word from the end of the previous command.
+Once the argument \fIn\fP is computed, the argument is extracted
+as if the "!\fIn\fP" history expansion had been specified.
.TP
.B
yank\-last\-arg (M\-.\^, M\-_\^)
behave exactly like \fByank\-nth\-arg\fP.
Successive calls to \fByank\-last\-arg\fP move back through the history
list, inserting the last argument of each line in turn.
+The history expansion facilities are used to extract the last argument,
+as if the "!$" history expansion had been specified.
.TP
.B shell\-expand\-line (M\-C\-e)
Expand the line as the shell does. This
commands.
\fBBash\fP attempts to invoke
.SM
-.BR $FCEDIT ,
+.BR $VISUAL ,
.SM
.BR $EDITOR ,
and \fIemacs\fP as the editor, in that order.
Kill the word behind point.
Word boundaries are the same as those used by \fBbackward\-word\fP.
.TP
+.B shell\-kill\-word (M\-d)
+Kill from point to the end of the current word, or if between
+words, to the end of the next word.
+Word boundaries are the same as those used by \fBshell\-forward\-word\fP.
+.TP
+.B shell\-backward\-kill\-word (M\-Rubout)
+Kill the word behind point.
+Word boundaries are the same as those used by \fBshell\-backward\-word\fP.
+.TP
.B unix\-word\-rubout (C\-w)
Kill the word behind point, using white space as a word boundary.
The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
the text against lines from the history list for possible
completion matches.
.TP
+.B dabbrev\-expand
+Attempt menu completion on the text before point, comparing
+the text against lines from the history list for possible
+completion matches.
+.TP
.B complete\-into\-braces (M\-{)
Perform filename completion and insert the list of possible completions
enclosed within braces so the list is available to the shell (see
.TP
.B dump\-macros
Print all of the readline key sequences bound to macros and the
-strings they ouput. If a numeric argument is supplied,
+strings they output. If a numeric argument is supplied,
the output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part
of an \fIinputrc\fP file.
.TP
Shell quoting is honored.
Each word is then expanded using
brace expansion, tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion,
-command substitution, arithmetic expansion, and pathname expansion,
+command substitution, and arithmetic expansion,
as described above under
.SM
.BR EXPANSION .
specified with the \fB\-F\fP and \fB\-C\fP options is invoked.
When the command or function is invoked, the
.SM
-.B COMP_LINE
+.BR COMP_LINE ,
+.SM
+.BR COMP_POINT ,
+.SM
+.BR COMP_KEY ,
and
.SM
-.B COMP_POINT
+.B COMP_TYPE
variables are assigned values as described above under
\fBShell Variables\fP.
If a shell function is being invoked, the
the number of lines specified by the value of
.SM
.BR HISTFILESIZE .
+When the history file is read,
+lines beginning with the history comment character followed immediately
+by a digit are interpreted as timestamps for the preceding history line.
+These timestamps are optionally displayed depending on the value of the
+.SM
+.B HISTTIMEFORMAT
+variable.
When an interactive shell exits, the last
.SM
.B $HISTSIZE
.SM
.B HISTFILE
is unset, or if the history file is unwritable, the history is
-not saved. After saving the history, the history file is truncated
+not saved.
+If the
+.SM
+.HISTTIMEFORMAT
+variable is set, time stamps are written to the history file, marked
+with the history comment character, so
+they may be preserved across shell sessions.
+This uses the history comment character to distinguish timestamps from
+other history lines.
+After saving the history, the history file is truncated
to contain no more than
.SM
.B HISTFILESIZE
.B histchars
above under
.BR "Shell Variables" ).
+The shell uses
+the history comment character to mark history timestamps when
+writing the history file.
.SS Event Designators
.PP
An event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the
accepts
.B \-\-
to signify the end of the options.
+For example, the \fB:\fP, \fBtrue\fP, \fBfalse\fP, and \fBtest\fP builtins
+do not accept options.
.sp .5
.PD 0
.TP
\fBAlias\fP returns true unless a \fIname\fP is given for which
no alias has been defined.
.TP
-\fBbg\fP [\fIjobspec\fP]
-Resume the suspended job \fIjobspec\fP in the background, as if it
+\fBbg\fP [\fIjobspec\fP ...]
+Resume each suspended job \fIjobspec\fP in the background, as if it
had been started with
.BR & .
-If \fIjobspec\fP is not present, the shell's notion of the
-\fIcurrent job\fP is used.
+If
+.I jobspec
+is not present, the shell's notion of the \fIcurrent job\fP is used.
.B bg
.I jobspec
returns 0 unless run when job control is disabled or, when run with
-job control enabled, if \fIjobspec\fP was not found or started without
-job control.
+job control enabled, any specified \fIjobspec\fP was not found
+or was started without job control.
.TP
\fBbind\fP [\fB\-m\fP \fIkeymap\fP] [\fB\-lpsvPSV\fP]
.PD 0
.B \-P
List current \fBreadline\fP function names and bindings.
.TP
-.B \-v
-Display \fBreadline\fP variable names and values in such a way that they
-can be re-read.
-.TP
-.B \-V
-List current \fBreadline\fP variable names and values.
-.TP
.B \-s
Display \fBreadline\fP key sequences bound to macros and the strings
they output in such a way that they can be re-read.
Display \fBreadline\fP key sequences bound to macros and the strings
they output.
.TP
+.B \-v
+Display \fBreadline\fP variable names and values in such a way that they
+can be re-read.
+.TP
+.B \-V
+List current \fBreadline\fP variable names and values.
+.TP
.B \-f \fIfilename\fP
Read key bindings from \fIfilename\fP.
.TP
.B \-x \fIkeyseq\fP:\fIshell\-command\fP
Cause \fIshell\-command\fP to be executed whenever \fIkeyseq\fP is
entered.
+When \fIshell\-command\fP is executed, the shell sets the
+.B READLINE_LINE
+variable to the contents of the \fBreadline\fP line buffer and the
+.B READLINE_POINT
+variable to the current location of the insertion point.
+If the executed command changes the value of
+.B READLINE_LINE
+or
+.BR READLINE_POINT ,
+those new values will be reflected in the editing state.
.PD
.PP
The return value is 0 unless an unrecognized option is given or an
must be \(>= 1. If
.I n
is greater than the number of enclosing loops, all enclosing loops
-are exited. The return value is 0 unless the shell is not executing
-a loop when
-.B break
-is executed.
+are exited.
+The return value is 0 unless \fIn\fP is not greater than or equal to 1.
.TP
\fBbuiltin\fP \fIshell\-builtin\fP [\fIarguments\fP]
Execute the specified shell builtin, passing it
.I shell\-builtin
is not a shell builtin command.
.TP
+\fBcaller\fP [\fIexpr\fP]
+Returns the context of any active subroutine call (a shell function or
+a script executed with the \fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP builtins.
+Without \fIexpr\fP, \fBcaller\fP displays the line number and source
+filename of the current subroutine call.
+If a non-negative integer is supplied as \fIexpr\fP, \fBcaller\fP
+displays the line number, subroutine name, and source file corresponding
+to that position in the current execution call stack. This extra
+information may be used, for example, to print a stack trace. The
+current frame is frame 0.
+The return value is 0 unless the shell is not executing a subroutine
+call or \fIexpr\fP does not correspond to a valid position in the
+call stack.
+.TP
\fBcd\fP [\fB\-L|-P\fP] [\fIdir\fP]
Change the current directory to \fIdir\fP. The variable
.SM
The return value is true if the directory was successfully changed;
false otherwise.
.TP
-\fBcaller\fP [\fIexpr\fP]
-Returns the context of any active subroutine call (a shell function or
-a script executed with the \fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP builtins.
-Without \fIexpr\fP, \fBcaller\fP displays the line number and source
-filename of the current subroutine call.
-If a non-negative integer is supplied as \fIexpr\fP, \fBcaller\fP
-displays the line number, subroutine name, and source file corresponding
-to that position in the current execution call stack. This extra
-information may be used, for example, to print a stack trace. The
-current frame is frame 0.
-The return value is 0 unless the shell is not executing a subroutine
-call or \fIexpr\fP does not correspond to a valid position in the
-call stack.
-.TP
\fBcommand\fP [\fB\-pVv\fP] \fIcommand\fP [\fIarg\fP ...]
Run
.I command
The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, or no
matches were generated.
.TP
-\fBcomplete\fP [\fB\-abcdefgjksuv\fP] [\fB\-o\fP \fIcomp-option\fP] [\fB\-A\fP \fIaction\fP] [\fB\-G\fP \fIglobpat\fP] [\fB\-W\fP \fIwordlist\fP] [\fB\-P\fP \fIprefix\fP] [\fB\-S\fP \fIsuffix\fP]
+\fBcomplete\fP [\fB\-abcdefgjksuv\fP] [\fB\-o\fP \fIcomp-option\fP] [\fB\-E\fP] [\fB\-A\fP \fIaction\fP] [\fB\-G\fP \fIglobpat\fP] [\fB\-W\fP \fIwordlist\fP] [\fB\-F\fP \fIfunction\fP] [\fB\-C\fP \fIcommand\fP]
.br
-[\fB\-X\fP \fIfilterpat\fP] [\fB\-F\fP \fIfunction\fP] [\fB\-C\fP \fIcommand\fP] \fIname\fP [\fIname ...\fP]
+[\fB\-X\fP \fIfilterpat\fP] [\fB\-P\fP \fIprefix\fP] [\fB\-S\fP \fIsuffix\fP] \fIname\fP [\fIname ...\fP]
.PD 0
.TP
-\fBcomplete\fP \fB\-pr\fP [\fIname\fP ...]
+\fBcomplete\fP \fB\-pr\fP [\fB\-E\fP] [\fIname\fP ...]
.PD
Specify how arguments to each \fIname\fP should be completed.
If the \fB\-p\fP option is supplied, or if no options are supplied,
The \fB\-r\fP option removes a completion specification for
each \fIname\fP, or, if no \fIname\fPs are supplied, all
completion specifications.
+The \fB\-E\fP option indicates that the remaining options and actions should
+apply to ``empty'' command completion; that is, completion attempted on a
+blank line.
.sp 1
The process of applying these completion specifications when word completion
is attempted is described above under \fBProgrammable Completion\fP.
.TP 8
.B filenames
Tell readline that the compspec generates filenames, so it can perform any
-filename\-specific processing (like adding a slash to directory names or
-suppressing trailing spaces). Intended to be used with shell functions.
+filename\-specific processing (like adding a slash to directory names,
+quoting special characters, or suppressing trailing spaces).
+Intended to be used with shell functions.
.TP 8
.B nospace
Tell readline not to append a space (the default) to words completed at
the end of the line.
+.TP 8
+.B plusdirs
+After any matches defined by the compspec are generated,
+directory name completion is attempted and any
+matches are added to the results of the other actions.
.RE
.TP 8
\fB\-A\fP \fIaction\fP
an error occurs adding a completion specification.
.RE
.TP
+\fBcompopt\fP [\fB\-o\fP \fIoption\fP] [\fB+o\fP \fIoption\fP] [\fIname\fP]
+Modify completion options for each \fIname\fP according to the
+\fIoption\fPs, or for the
+currently-execution completion if no \fIname\fPs are supplied.
+If no \fIoption\fPs are given, display the completion options for each
+\fIname\fP or the current completion.
+The possible values of \fIoption\fP are those valid for the \fBcomplete\fP
+builtin described above.
+.PP
+The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, an attempt
+is made to modify the options for a \fIname\fP for which no completion
+specification exists, or an output error occurs.
+.TP
\fBcontinue\fP [\fIn\fP]
Resume the next iteration of the enclosing
.BR for ,
must be \(>= 1. If
.I n
is greater than the number of enclosing loops, the last enclosing loop
-(the ``top-level'' loop) is resumed. The return value is 0 unless the
-shell is not executing a loop when
-.B continue
-is executed.
+(the ``top-level'' loop) is resumed.
+The return value is 0 unless \fIn\fP is not greater than or equal to 1.
.TP
-\fBdeclare\fP [\fB\-afFirtx\fP] [\fB\-p\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIvalue\fP] ...]
+\fBdeclare\fP [\fB\-aAfFilrtux\fP] [\fB\-p\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIvalue\fP] ...]
.PD 0
.TP
-\fBtypeset\fP [\fB\-afFirtx\fP] [\fB\-p\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIvalue\fP] ...]
+\fBtypeset\fP [\fB\-aAfFilrtux\fP] [\fB\-p\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIvalue\fP] ...]
.PD
Declare variables and/or give them attributes.
If no \fIname\fPs are given then display the values of variables.
.IR name .
When
.B \-p
-is used, additional options are ignored.
+is used with \fIname\fP arguments, additional options are ignored.
+When
+.B \-p
+is supplied without \fIname\fP arguments, it will display the attributes
+and values of all variables having the attributes specified by the
+additional options.
+If no other options are supplied with \fB\-p\fP, \fBdeclare\fP will display
+the attributes and values of all shell variables. The \fB\-f\fP option
+will restrict the display to shell functions.
The
.B \-F
option inhibits the display of function definitions; only the
.PD 0
.TP
.B \-a
-Each \fIname\fP is an array variable (see
+Each \fIname\fP is an indexed array variable (see
+.B Arrays
+above).
+.TP
+.B \-A
+Each \fIname\fP is an associative array variable (see
.B Arrays
above).
.TP
.B "ARITHMETIC EVALUATION" ") "
is performed when the variable is assigned a value.
.TP
+.B \-l
+When the variable is assigned a value, all upper-case characters are
+converted to lower-case.
+The upper-case attribute is disabled.
+.TP
.B \-r
Make \fIname\fPs readonly. These names cannot then be assigned values
by subsequent assignment statements or unset.
.TP
.B \-t
Give each \fIname\fP the \fItrace\fP attribute.
-Traced functions inherit the \fBDEBUG\fP trap from the calling shell.
+Traced functions inherit the \fBDEBUG\fP and \fBRETURN\fP traps from
+the calling shell.
The trace attribute has no special meaning for variables.
.TP
+.B \-u
+When the variable is assigned a value, all lower-case characters are
+converted to upper-case.
+The lower-case attribute is disabled.
+.TP
.B \-x
Mark \fIname\fPs for export to subsequent commands via the environment.
.PD
.PP
Using `+' instead of `\-'
-turns off the attribute instead, with the exception that \fB+a\fP
-may not be used to destroy an array variable. When used in a function,
+turns off the attribute instead,
+with the exceptions that \fB+a\fP
+may not be used to destroy an array variable and \fB+r\fB will not
+remove the readonly attribute.
+When used in a function,
makes each
\fIname\fP local, as with the
.B local
or an attempt is made to display a non-existent function with \fB\-f\fP.
.RE
.TP
-.B dirs [\fB\-clpv\fP] [+\fIn\fP] [\-\fIn\fP]
+.B dirs [+\fIn\fP] [\-\fIn\fP] [\fB\-cplv\fP]
Without options, displays the list of currently remembered directories.
The default display is on a single line with directory names separated
by spaces.
Without options, each
.I jobspec
is removed from the table of active jobs.
+If
+.I jobspec
+is not present, and neither \fB\-a\fB nor \fB\-r\fP is supplied,
+the shell's notion of the \fIcurrent job\fP is used.
If the \fB\-h\fP option is given, each
.I jobspec
is not removed from the table, but is marked so that
dynamically determine whether or not \fBecho\fP expands these
escape characters by default.
.B echo
-does not interpret
-.B \-\-
-to mean the end of options.
+does not interpret \fB\-\-\fP to mean the end of options.
.B echo
interprets the following escape sequences:
.RS
backspace
.TP
.B \ec
-suppress trailing newline
+suppress further output
.TP
.B \ee
an escape character
the eight-bit character whose value is the octal value \fInnn\fP
(zero to three octal digits)
.TP
-.B \e\fInnn\fP
-the eight-bit character whose value is the octal value \fInnn\fP
-(one to three octal digits)
-.TP
.B \ex\fIHH\fP
the eight-bit character whose value is the hexadecimal value \fIHH\fP
(one or two hex digits)
.PD
.RE
.TP
-\fBenable\fP [\fB\-adnps\fP] [\fB\-f\fP \fIfilename\fP] [\fIname\fP ...]
+\fBenable\fP [\fB\-a\fP] [\fB\-dnps\fP] [\fB\-f\fP \fIfilename\fP] [\fIname\fP ...]
Enable and disable builtin shell commands.
Disabling a builtin allows a disk command which has the same name
as a shell builtin to be executed without specifying a full pathname,
If the
.B \-l
option is supplied,
-the shell places a dash at the beginning of the zeroth arg passed to
+the shell places a dash at the beginning of the zeroth argument passed to
.IR command .
This is what
.IR login (1)
.I name
that is not a function.
.TP
-\fBfc\fP [\fB\-e\fP \fIename\fP] [\fB\-nlr\fP] [\fIfirst\fP] [\fIlast\fP]
+\fBfc\fP [\fB\-e\fP \fIename\fP] [\fB\-lnr\fP] [\fIfirst\fP] [\fIlast\fP]
.PD 0
.TP
\fBfc\fP \fB\-s\fP [\fIpat\fP=\fIrep\fP] [\fIcmd\fP]
.I name
is not found or an invalid option is supplied.
.TP
-\fBhelp\fP [\fB\-s\fP] [\fIpattern\fP]
+\fBhelp\fP [\fB\-dms\fP] [\fIpattern\fP]
Display helpful information about builtin commands. If
.I pattern
is specified,
.IR pattern ;
otherwise help for all the builtins and shell control structures
is printed.
-The \fB\-s\fP option restricts the information displayed to a short
-usage synopsis.
+.RS
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B \-d
+Display a short description of each \fIpattern\fP
+.TP
+.B \ -m
+Display the description of each \fIpattern\fP in a manpage-like format
+.TP
+.B \-s
+Display only a short usage synopsis for each \fIpattern\fP
+.PD
+.RE
The return status is 0 unless no command matches
.IR pattern .
.TP
.PD
.PP
If the \fBHISTTIMEFORMAT\fP is set, the time stamp information
-associated with each history entry is written to the history file.
+associated with each history entry is written to the history file,
+marked with the history comment character.
+When the history file is read, lines beginning with the history
+comment character followed immediately by a digit are interpreted
+as timestamps for the previous history line.
The return value is 0 unless an invalid option is encountered, an
error occurs while reading or writing the history file, an invalid
\fIoffset\fP is supplied as an argument to \fB\-d\fP, or the
.B logout
Exit a login shell.
.TP
+\fBmapfile\fP [\fB\-n\fP \fIcount\fP] [\fB\-O\fP \fIorigin\fP] [\fB\-s\fP \fIcount\fP] [\fB\-t\fP] [\fB\-u\fP \fIfd\fP] [\fB\-C\fP \fIcallback\fP] [\fB\-c\fP \fIquantum\fP] [\fIarray\fP]
+Read lines from the standard input into array variable
+.IR array ,
+or from file descriptor
+.IR fd
+if the
+.B \-u
+option is supplied.
+The variable \fBMAPFILE\fP is the default \fIarray\fP.
+Options, if supplied, have the following meanings:
+.RS
+.PD 0
+.TP
+.B \-n
+Copy at most
+.I count
+lines. If \fIcount\fP is 0, all lines are copied.
+.TP
+.B \-O
+Begin assigning to
+.I array
+at index
+.IR origin .
+The default index is 0.
+.TP
+.B \-s
+Discard the first \fIcount\fP lines read.
+.TP
+.B \-t
+Remove a trailing line from each line read.
+.TP
+.B \-u
+Read lines from file descriptor \fIfd\fP instead of the standard input.
+.TP
+.B \-C
+Evaluate
+.I callback
+each time \fIquantum\fP lines are read. The \fB\-c\fP option specifies
+.IR quantum .
+.TP
+.B \-c
+Specify the number of lines read between each call to
+.IR callback .
+.PD
+.PP
+If
+.B \-C
+is specified without
+.BR \-c ,
+the default quantum is 5000.
+.PP
+If not supplied with an explicit origin, \fBmapfile\fP will clear \fIarray\fP
+before assigning to it.
+.PP
+\fBmapfile\fP returns successfully unless an invalid option or option
+argument is supplied, or \fIarray\fP is invalid or unassignable.
+.RE
+.TP
\fBpopd\fP [\-\fBn\fP] [+\fIn\fP] [\-\fIn\fP]
Removes entries from the directory stack. With no arguments,
removes the top directory from the stack, and performs a
.RS
.PD 0
.TP
+.B \-n
+Suppresses the normal change of directory when removing directories
+from the stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.
+.TP
\fB+\fP\fIn\fP
Removes the \fIn\fPth entry counting from the left of the list
shown by
.if n ``popd -1''
.if t \f(CWpopd -1\fP
the next to last.
-.TP
-.B \-n
-Suppresses the normal change of directory when removing directories
-from the stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.
.PD
.PP
If the
directory change fails.
.RE
.TP
-\fBprintf\fP \fIformat\fP [\fIarguments\fP]
+\fBprintf\fP [\fB\-v\fP \fIvar\fP] \fIformat\fP [\fIarguments\fP]
Write the formatted \fIarguments\fP to the standard output under the
control of the \fIformat\fP.
The \fIformat\fP is a character string which contains three types of objects:
In addition to the standard \fIprintf\fP(1) formats, \fB%b\fP causes
\fBprintf\fP to expand backslash escape sequences in the corresponding
\fIargument\fP (except that \fB\ec\fP terminates output, backslashes in
-\fB\e'\fP, \fB\e"\fP, and \fB\e?\fP are not removed, and octal escapes
+\fB\e\(aq\fP, \fB\e"\fP, and \fB\e?\fP are not removed, and octal escapes
beginning with \fB\e0\fP may contain up to four digits),
and \fB%q\fP causes \fBprintf\fP to output the corresponding
\fIargument\fP in a format that can be reused as shell input.
.sp 1
+The \fB\-v\fP option causes the output to be assigned to the variable
+\fIvar\fP rather than being printed to the standard output.
+.sp 1
The \fIformat\fP is reused as necessary to consume all of the \fIarguments\fP.
If the \fIformat\fP requires more \fIarguments\fP than are supplied, the
extra format specifications behave as if a zero value or null string, as
appropriate, had been supplied. The return value is zero on success,
non-zero on failure.
.TP
-\fBpushd\fP [\fB\-n\fP] [\fIdir\fP]
+\fBpushd\fP [\fB\-n\fP] [+\fIn\fP] [\-\fIn\fP]
.PD 0
.TP
-\fBpushd\fP [\fB\-n\fP] [+\fIn\fP] [\-\fIn\fP]
+\fBpushd\fP [\fB\-n\fP] [\fIdir\fP]
.PD
Adds a directory to the top of the directory stack, or rotates
the stack, making the new top of the stack the current working
.RS
.PD 0
.TP
+.B \-n
+Suppresses the normal change of directory when adding directories
+to the stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.
+.TP
\fB+\fP\fIn\fP
Rotates the stack so that the \fIn\fPth directory
(counting from the left of the list shown by
.BR dirs ,
starting with zero) is at the top.
.TP
-.B \-n
-Suppresses the normal change of directory when adding directories
-to the stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.
-.TP
.I dir
Adds
.I dir
reading the name of the current directory or an
invalid option is supplied.
.TP
-\fBread\fP [\fB\-ers\fP] [\fB\-u\fP \fIfd\fP] [\fB\-t\fP \fItimeout\fP] [\fB\-a\fP \fIaname\fP] [\fB\-p\fP \fIprompt\fP] [\fB\-n\fP \fInchars\fP] [\fB\-d\fP \fIdelim\fP] [\fIname\fP ...]
+\fBread\fP [\fB\-ers\fP] [\fB\-a\fP \fIaname\fP] [\fB\-d\fP \fIdelim\fP] [\fB\-\fP \fItext\fP] [\fB\-n\fP \fInchars\fP] [\fB\-p\fP \fIprompt\fP] [\fB\-t\fP \fItimeout\fP] [\fB\-u\fP \fIfd\fP] [\fIname\fP ...]
One line is read from the standard input, or from the file descriptor
\fIfd\fP supplied as an argument to the \fB\-u\fP option, and the first word
is assigned to the first
.SM
.B READLINE
above) is used to obtain the line.
+Readline uses the current (or default, if line editing was not previously
+active) editing settings.
+.TP
+.B \-i \fItext\fP
+If
+.B readline
+is being used to read the line, \fItext\fP is placed into the editing
+buffer before editing begins.
.TP
.B \-n \fInchars\fP
\fBread\fP returns after reading \fInchars\fP characters rather than
.B \-t \fItimeout\fP
Cause \fBread\fP to time out and return failure if a complete line of
input is not read within \fItimeout\fP seconds.
-This option has no effect if \fBread\fP is not reading input from the
-terminal or a pipe.
-.TP
-.B \-u \fIfd\FP
+\fItimeout\fP may be a decimal number with a fractional portion following
+the decimal point.
+This option is only effective if \fBread\fP is reading input from a
+terminal, pipe, or other special file; it has no effect when reading
+from regular files.
+If \fItimeout\fP is 0, \fBread\fP returns success if input is available on
+the specified file descriptor, failure otherwise.
+The exit status is greater than 128 if the timeout is exceeded.
+.TP
+.B \-u \fIfd\fP
Read input from file descriptor \fIfd\fP.
.PD
.PP
.SM
.BR REPLY .
The return code is zero, unless end-of-file is encountered, \fBread\fP
-times out, or an invalid file descriptor is supplied as the argument to
-\fB\-u\fP.
+times out (in which case the return code is greater than 128), or an
+invalid file descriptor is supplied as the argument to \fB\-u\fP.
.RE
.TP
-\fBreadonly\fP [\fB\-apf\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIword\fP] ...]
+\fBreadonly\fP [\fB\-aApf\fP] [\fIname\fP[=\fIword\fP] ...]
.PD
The given
\fInames\fP are marked readonly; the values of these
marked.
The
.B \-a
-option restricts the variables to arrays.
+option restricts the variables to indexed arrays; the
+.B \-A
+option restricts the variables to associative arrays.
If no
.I name
arguments are given, or if the
Any command associated with the \fBRETURN\fP trap is executed
before execution resumes after the function or script.
.TP
-\fBset\fP [\fB\-\-abefhkmnptuvxBCHP\fP] [\fB\-o\fP \fIoption\fP] [\fIarg\fP ...]
+\fBset\fP [\fB\-\-abefhkmnptuvxBCEHPT\fP] [\fB\-o\fP \fIoption\fP] [\fIarg\fP ...]
+.PD 0
+.TP
+\fBset\fP [\fB+abefhkmnptuvxBCEHPT\fP] [\fB+o\fP \fIoption\fP] [\fIarg\fP ...]
+.PD
Without options, the name and value of each shell variable are displayed
-in a format that can be reused as input.
+in a format that can be reused as input
+for setting or resetting the currently-set variables.
+Read-only variables cannot be reset.
+In \fIposix mode\fP, only shell variables are listed.
The output is sorted according to the current locale.
When options are specified, they set or unset shell attributes.
-Any arguments remaining after the options are processed are treated
+Any arguments remaining after option processing are treated
as values for the positional parameters and are assigned, in order, to
.BR $1 ,
.BR $2 ,
.B until
keyword,
part of the test in an
-.I if
-statement, part of a
+.B if
+statement, part of a command executed in a
.B &&
or
.B \(bv\(bv
-list, or if the command's return value is
+list,
+any command in a pipeline but the last,
+or if the command's return value is
being inverted via
.BR ! .
+Failing simple commands that are part of shell functions or command lists
+enclosed in braces or parentheses satisfying the above conditions do not
+cause the shell to exit.
A trap on \fBERR\fP, if set, is executed before the shell exits.
.TP 8
.B \-f
with the
.B \-\-noediting
option.
+This also affects the editing interface used for \fBread \-e\fP.
.TP 8
.B errtrace
Same as
.B noglob
Same as
.BR \-f .
+.TP 8
.B nolog
Currently ignored.
.TP 8
Change the behavior of
.B bash
where the default operation differs
-from the POSIX 1003.2 standard to match the standard (\fI`posix mode\fP).
+from the POSIX standard to match the standard (\fIposix mode\fP).
.TP 8
.B privileged
Same as
.TP 8
.B vi
Use a vi-style command line editing interface.
+This also affects the editing interface used for \fBread \-e\fP.
.TP 8
.B xtrace
Same as
files are not processed, shell functions are not inherited from the
environment, and the
.SM
-.B SHELLOPTS
-variable, if it appears in the environment, is ignored.
+.BR SHELLOPTS ,
+.BR CDPATH ,
+and
+.B GLOBIGNORE
+variables, if they appear in the environment, are ignored.
If the shell is started with the effective user (group) id not equal to the
real user (group) id, and the \fB\-p\fP option is not supplied, these actions
are taken and the effective user id is set to the real user id.
which change the current directory.
.TP 8
.B \-T
-If set, any trap on \fBDEBUG\fP is inherited by shell functions, command
-substitutions, and commands executed in a subshell environment.
-The \fBDEBUG\fP trap is normally not inherited in such cases.
+If set, any traps on \fBDEBUG\fP and \fBRETURN\fP are inherited by shell
+functions, command substitutions, and commands executed in a
+subshell environment.
+The \fBDEBUG\fP and \fBRETURN\fP traps are normally not inherited
+in such cases.
.TP 8
.B \-\-
If no arguments follow this option, then the positional parameters are
.if n .sp 1v
.PD 0
.TP 8
+.B autocd
+If set, a command name that is the name of a directory is executed as if
+it were the argument to the \fBcd\fP command.
+This option is only used by interactive shells.
+.TP 8
.B cdable_vars
If set, an argument to the
.B cd
table exists before trying to execute it. If a hashed command no
longer exists, a normal path search is performed.
.TP 8
+.B checkjobs
+If set, \fBbash\fP lists the status of any stopped and running jobs before
+exiting an interactive shell. If any jobs are running, this causes
+the exit to be deferred until a second exit is attempted without an
+intervening command (see \fBJOB CONTROL\fP above). The shell always
+postpones exiting if any jobs are stopped.
+.TP 8
.B checkwinsize
If set, \fBbash\fP checks the window size after each command
and, if necessary, updates the values of
command in the same history entry. This allows
easy re-editing of multi-line commands.
.TP 8
+.B compat31
+If set,
+.B bash
+changes its behavior to that of version 3.1 with respect to quoted
+arguments to the conditional command's =~ operator.
+.TP 8
+.B dirspell
+If set,
+.B bash
+attempts spelling correction on directory names during word completion
+if the directory name initially supplied does not exist.
+.TP 8
.B dotglob
If set,
.B bash
shell is executing in a subroutine (a shell function or a shell script
executed by the \fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP builtins), a call to
\fBreturn\fP is simulated.
+.TP
+.B 4.
+\fBBASH_ARGC\fP and \fBBASH_ARGV\fP are updated as described in their
+descriptions above.
+.TP
+.B 5.
+Function tracing is enabled: command substitution, shell functions, and
+subshells invoked with \fB(\fP \fIcommand\fP \fB)\fP inherit the
+\fBDEBUG\fP and \fBRETURN\fP traps.
+.TP
+.B 6.
+Error tracing is enabled: command substitution, shell functions, and
+subshells invoked with \fB(\fP \fIcommand\fP \fB)\fP inherit the
+\fBERROR\fP trap.
.RE
.TP 8
.B extglob
\fBPathname Expansion\fP are enabled.
.TP 8
.B extquote
-If set, \fB$\fP'\fIstring\fP' and \fB$\fP"\fIstring\fP" quoting is
+If set, \fB$\fP\(aq\fIstring\fP\(aq and \fB$\fP"\fIstring\fP" quoting is
performed within \fB${\fP\fIparameter\fP\fB}\fP expansions
enclosed in double quotes. This option is enabled by default.
.TP 8
above for a description of \fBFIGNORE\fP.
This option is enabled by default.
.TP 8
+.B globstar
+If set, the pattern \fB**\fP used in a filename expansion context will
+match a files and zero or more directories and subdirectories.
+If the pattern is followed by a \fB/\fP, only directories and
+subdirectories match.
+.TP 8
.B gnu_errfmt
If set, shell error messages are written in the standard GNU error
message format.
.B Pathname Expansion
above).
.TP 8
+.B nocasematch
+If set,
+.B bash
+matches patterns in a case\-insensitive fashion when performing matching
+while executing \fBcase\fP or \fB[[\fP conditional commands.
+.TP 8
.B nullglob
If set,
.B bash
Suspend the execution of this shell until it receives a
.SM
.B SIGCONT
-signal. The
+signal. A login shell cannot be suspended; the
.B \-f
-option says not to complain if this is
-a login shell; just suspend anyway. The return status is 0 unless
-the shell is a login shell and
+option can be used to override this and force the suspension.
+The return status is 0 unless the shell is a login shell and
.B \-f
is not supplied, or if job control is not enabled.
.TP
Expressions are composed of the primaries described above under
.SM
.BR "CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS" .
+\fBtest\fP does not accept any options, nor does it accept and ignore
+an argument of \fB\-\-\fP as signifying the end of options.
.if t .sp 0.5
.if n .sp 1
Expressions may be combined using the following operators, listed
in decreasing order of precedence.
+The evaluation depends on the number of arguments; see below.
.RS
.PD 0
.TP
.BR "CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS" ,
the result of the expression is the result of the binary test using
the first and third arguments as operands.
+The \fB\-a\fP and \fB\-o\fP operators are considered binary operators
+when there are three arguments.
If the first argument is \fB!\fP, the value is the negation of
the two-argument test using the second and third arguments.
If the first argument is exactly \fB(\fP and the third argument is
exactly \fB)\fP, the result is the one-argument test of the second
argument.
Otherwise, the expression is false.
-The \fB\-a\fP and \fB\-o\fP operators are considered binary operators
-in this case.
.TP
4 arguments
If the first argument is \fB!\fP, the result is the negation of
.SM
.B SHELL GRAMMAR
above).
-Refer to the description of the \fBextglob\fP option to the
+Refer to the description of the \fBextdebug\fP option to the
\fBshopt\fP builtin for details of its effect on the \fBDEBUG\fP trap.
If a
.I sigspec
keyword,
part of the test in an
.I if
-statement, part of a
+statement, part of a command executed in a
.B &&
or
.B \(bv\(bv
is executed each time a shell function or a script executed with the
\fB.\fP or \fBsource\fP builtins finishes executing.
Signals ignored upon entry to the shell cannot be trapped or reset.
-Trapped signals are reset to their original values in a child
-process when it is created.
+Trapped signals that are not being ignored are reset to their original
+values in a child process when it is created.
The return status is false if any
.I sigspec
is invalid; otherwise
.B \-f
option suppresses shell function lookup, as with the \fBcommand\fP builtin.
.B type
-returns true if any of the arguments are found, false if
-none are found.
+returns true if all of the arguments are found, false if
+any are not found.
.TP
-\fBulimit\fP [\fB\-SHacdflmnpstuv\fP [\fIlimit\fP]]
+\fBulimit\fP [\fB\-HSTabcdefilmnpqrstuvx\fP [\fIlimit\fP]]
Provides control over the resources available to the shell and to
processes started by it, on systems that allow such control.
The \fB\-H\fP and \fB\-S\fP options specify that the hard or soft limit is
-set for the given resource. A hard limit cannot be increased once it
-is set; a soft limit may be increased up to the value of the hard limit.
+set for the given resource.
+A hard limit cannot be increased by a non-root user once it is set;
+a soft limit may be increased up to the value of the hard limit.
If neither \fB\-H\fP nor \fB\-S\fP is specified, both the soft and hard
limits are set.
The value of
.B \-a
All current limits are reported
.TP
+.B \-b
+The maximum socket buffer size
+.TP
.B \-c
The maximum size of core files created
.TP
.B \-d
The maximum size of a process's data segment
.TP
+.B \-e
+The maximum scheduling priority ("nice")
+.TP
.B \-f
-The maximum size of files created by the shell
+The maximum size of files written by the shell and its children
+.TP
+.B \-i
+The maximum number of pending signals
.TP
.B \-l
The maximum size that may be locked into memory
.B \-p
The pipe size in 512-byte blocks (this may not be set)
.TP
+.B \-q
+The maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues
+.TP
+.B \-r
+The maximum real-time scheduling priority
+.TP
.B \-s
The maximum stack size
.TP
.TP
.B \-v
The maximum amount of virtual memory available to the shell
+.TP
+.B \-x
+The maximum number of file locks
+.TP
+.B \-T
+The maximum number of threads
.PD
.PP
If
.BR \-p ,
which is in units of 512-byte blocks,
and
-.B \-n
+.BR \-T ,
+.BR \-b ,
+.BR \-n ,
and
.BR \-u ,
which are unscaled values.
Read-only variables may not be unset.
If
.B \-f
-is specifed,
-each
+is specified, each
.I name
refers to a shell function, and the function definition
is removed.
.I name
is readonly.
.TP
-\fBwait\fP [\fIn\fP]
-Wait for the specified process and return its termination
-status.
+\fBwait\fP [\fIn ...\fP]
+Wait for each specified process and return its termination status.
+Each
.I n
may be a process
ID or a job specification; if a job spec is given, all processes
.PP
Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
.br
-chet@po.CWRU.Edu
+chet@po.cwru.edu
.SH BUG REPORTS
If you find a bug in
.B bash,
.PP
Comments and bug reports concerning
this manual page should be directed to
-.IR chet@po.CWRU.Edu .
+.IR chet@po.cwru.edu .
.SH BUGS
.PP
It's too big and too slow.
parentheses to force it into a subshell, which may be stopped as
a unit.
.PP
-Commands inside of \fB$(\fP...\fB)\fP command substitution are not
-parsed until substitution is attempted. This will delay error
-reporting until some time after the command is entered. For example,
-unmatched parentheses, even inside shell comments, will result in
-error messages while the construct is being read.
-.PP
Array variables may not (yet) be exported.
+.PP
+There may be only one active coprocess at a time.
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