- bash-minimal - A bash version configured with minimal features
- bash [options
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" - No alias expansion and the `alias' and `unalias' builtins.
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- No support for the alternate form of the `for' command that behaves like the C language `for' statement.
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- No support for one-dimensional array shell variables.
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- No support for `csh'-like history substitution.
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- No `csh'-like brace expansion ( `b{a,b}c' ==> `bac bbc' ).
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- No support for recognizing `time' as a reserved word and for displaying timing statistics for the pipeline following `time'. This allows pipelines as well as shell builtins and functions to be timed.
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- No support for the `[[' conditional command.
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- No support for a `csh'-like directory stack and the `pushd', `popd', and `dirs' builtins
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- No support for the `((...))' command.
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- No support for the extended pattern matching features.
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- No `help' builtin, which displays help on shell builtins and variables.
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- No command history and the `fc' and `history' builtin commands.
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- No job control features.
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- No special handling of filenames of the form `/dev/tcp/HOST/PORT' and `/dev/udp/HOST/PORT' when used in redirections.
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- No process substitution.
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- No interpretation of a number of backslash-escaped characters in the `$PS1', `$PS2', `$PS3', and `$PS4' prompt strings.
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- No programmable completion facilities.
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- No support for command-line editing and history with the Bash version of the Readline library.
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- No support for a "restricted shell". If this is enabled, Bash, when called as `rbash', enters a restricted mode.
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- No `select' builtin, which allows the generation of simple menus.
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