When writing shell programs, we often use /bin/sh and /bin/bash. I usually use bash, but I don't know what's the difference between them. What's the main difference between Bash and sh? …

Oct 23, 2014 · Your answer is presented as if you expect to be able to type sh on an arbitrary Windows command prompt and have it work.

sh is the bourne shell. There are several shells, of which bourne is the old standard, installed on all unix systems, and generally the one you can guarantee will exist.

Feb 9, 2016 · Related, but not picking up the case below though Bash scripting missing ']' NO LINE NUMBER SHOWN, just a bash: [: missing ']' BIG BUGGER: A bash function has no line …

Oct 21, 2010 · /bin/sh: This launches a Bourne shell, a basic command-line interpreter that is available on most Unix-like operating systems. -c: This option tells the shell to read the …

How do I get the path of the directory in which a Bash script is located, inside that script? I want to use a Bash script as a launcher for another application. I want to change the working directo...

Jun 10, 2013 · Type bash script_name.sh or ./script_name in linux terminal. Before using ./script_name make you script executeable by sudo chmod 700 script_name and type …

Mar 19, 2015 · I'm trying to execute test.sh on terminal. My test.sh is in the /Home/monty folder and I made it executable: chmod 755 test.sh I try to execute it using: $./test.sh I get an error: …

Feb 7, 2014 · I have only found how to wait for user input. However, I only want to pause so that my while true doesn't crash my computer. I tried pause(1), but it says -bash ...

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 …