While bash was developed for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems such as GNU/Linux, it is also available on Windows, BeOS, and Haiku.
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As a command processor, Bash operates within a text window where users input commands to execute various tasks. It also supports the execution of commands from files, known as 展开

A security hole in Bash dating from version 1.03 (August 1989), dubbed Shellshock, was discovered in early September 2014 and quickly led to a range of attacks across the Internet. Patches to fix the bugs were made available soon after the bugs were identified. 展开

Since 4.0: GPL-3.0-or-later
1.11? to 3.2: GPL-2.0-or-later
0.99? to 1.05?: GPL-1.0-or-later 展开

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• "Evolution of shells in Linux". ibm.com. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
• "Scripting Reference :: Scripting with the Bourne-Again Shell … 展开