1. Interpreter

1.1. Configuration files

  • ~/.profile

  • ~/.bashrc

  • ~/.bash_logout

  • /etc/bashrc

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1.2. Locale

  • $LANG

  • /etc/locale

1.3. Autocompletion

1.4. New lines

  • "\n"

1.5. #!/bin/bash

  • A.K.A shebang or hashbang

  • Interpretes script as /bin/bash source code

1.6. bash -x

  • shows execution steps

1.7. Comments

  • # at the beginning of the line

1.8. Inline comments

  • # in the middle of the line