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Bash Features
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   Bash contains features that appear in other popular shells, and some
features that only appear in Bash.  Some of the shells that Bash has
borrowed concepts from are the Bourne Shell (`sh'), the Korn Shell
(`ksh'), and the C-shell (`csh' and its successor, `tcsh'). The
following menu breaks the features up into categories based upon which
one of these other shells inspired the feature.

   This manual is meant as a brief introduction to features found in
Bash.  The Bash manual page should be used as the definitive reference
on shell behavior.



* Bourne Shell Features
Features originally found in the
Bourne shell.

* Csh Features
Features originally found in the
Berkeley C-Shell.

* Korn Shell Features
Features originally found in the Korn
Shell.

* Bash Specific Features
Features found only in Bash.

* Job Control
A chapter describing what job control is
and how bash allows you to use it.

* Using History Interactively
Chapter dealing with history expansion
rules.

* Command Line Editing
Chapter describing the command line
editing features.

* Variable Index
Quick reference helps you find the
variable you want.

* Concept Index
General index for this manual.