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BASH Documentation:

Bash is the GNU Project's shell—the Bourne Again SHell. This is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh).

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BASH - Bourne Again Shell

Shell - Is a command line interface for running programs on a computer.

Shell Types - The UNIX system offers a variety of shell types. Some of the common ones include:

Bash: Bourne Again Shell
ksh: Korn Shell
zsh: Z Shell
csh: C Shell

Going forward I will be discussing the Bash Shell since it's the most widely used.

Help: Type -h or --help after almost any command to bring up a help menu for that command.

Manual: Type man before almost any command to bring up a manual for that command (quit man with q).

# ---------------------------------- # Bash Colors # ---------------------------------- NOCOLOR='\033[0m' RED='\033[0;31m' GREEN='\033[0;32m' ORANGE='\033[0;33m' BLUE='\033[0;34m' PURPLE='\033[0;35m' CYAN='\033[0;36m' LIGHTGRAY='\033[0;37m' DARKGRAY='\033[1;30m' LIGHTRED='\033[1;31m' LIGHTGREEN='\033[1;32m' YELLOW='\033[1;33m' LIGHTBLUE='\033[1;34m' LIGHTPURPLE='\033[1;35m' LIGHTCYAN='\033[1;36m' WHITE='\033[1;37m'

# ---------------------------------- # More Bash Colors # ---------------------------------- txtblk='\e[0;30m' # Black - Regular txtred='\e[0;31m' # Red txtgrn='\e[0;32m' # Green txtylw='\e[0;33m' # Yellow txtblu='\e[0;34m' # Blue txtpur='\e[0;35m' # Purple txtcyn='\e[0;36m' # Cyan txtwht='\e[0;37m' # White bldblk='\e[1;30m' # Black - Bold bldred='\e[1;31m' # Red bldgrn='\e[1;32m' # Green bldylw='\e[1;33m' # Yellow bldblu='\e[1;34m' # Blue bldpur='\e[1;35m' # Purple bldcyn='\e[1;36m' # Cyan bldwht='\e[1;37m' # White unkblk='\e[4;30m' # Black - Underline undred='\e[4;31m' # Red undgrn='\e[4;32m' # Green undylw='\e[4;33m' # Yellow undblu='\e[4;34m' # Blue undpur='\e[4;35m' # Purple undcyn='\e[4;36m' # Cyan undwht='\e[4;37m' # White bakblk='\e[40m' # Black - Background bakred='\e[41m' # Red badgrn='\e[42m' # Green bakylw='\e[43m' # Yellow bakblu='\e[44m' # Blue bakpur='\e[45m' # Purple bakcyn='\e[46m' # Cyan bakwht='\e[47m' # White txtrst='\e[0m' # Text Reset