Quick Answer: What Is Bash Shell in Ubuntu?
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DESCRIPTION. Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).

What is bash shell used for?

Bash or Shell is a command line tool that is used in open science to efficiently manipulate files and directories.

Is bash used in Ubuntu?

The default shell on Ubuntu is the Bash shell (shorthand for Bourne Again SHell). This shell, which began life as an open source version of the Bourne shell, was developed for the GNU Project by Brian Fox and is based on features provided by both the Bourne shell and the C shell.

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