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BASH-BUILTINS(7)                                                                 BASH-BUILTINS(7)



NAME
       bash-builtins - bash built-in commands, see bash(1)

SYNOPSIS
       bash  defines  the  following built-in commands: :, ., [, alias, bg, bind, break, builtin,
       case, cd, command, compgen, complete, continue, declare, dirs, disown, echo, enable, eval,
       exec,  exit,  export,  fc,  fg,  getopts, hash, help, history, if, jobs, kill, let, local,
       logout, popd, printf, pushd, pwd, read, readonly, return, set, shift, shopt, source,  sus-
       pend, test, times, trap, type, typeset, ulimit, umask, unalias, unset, until, wait, while.

BASH BUILTIN COMMANDS
       Unless otherwise noted, each builtin command  documented  in  this  section  as  accepting
       options  preceded  by - accepts -- to signify the end of the options.  For example, the :,
       true, false, and test builtins do not accept options.
       : [arguments]
              No effect; the command does nothing beyond expanding arguments and  performing  any
              specified redirections.  A zero exit code is returned.

        .  filename [arguments]
       source filename [arguments]
              Read and execute commands from filename in the current shell environment and return
              the exit status of the last command executed from filename.  If filename  does  not
              contain a slash, file names in PATH are used to find the directory containing file-
              name.  The file searched for in PATH need not be executable.  When bash is  not  in
              posix  mode, the current directory is searched if no file is found in PATH.  If the
              sourcepath option to the shopt builtin command is  turned  off,  the  PATH  is  not
              searched.   If  any  arguments  are supplied, they become the positional parameters
              when filename is executed.  Otherwise the positional parameters are unchanged.  The
              return  status  is the status of the last command exited within the script (0 if no
              commands are executed), and false if filename is not found or cannot be read.

       alias [-p] [name[=value] ...]
              Alias with no arguments or with the -p option prints the list  of  aliases  in  the
              form alias name=value on standard output.  When arguments are supplied, an alias is
              defined for each name whose value is given.  A trailing space in  value causes  the
              next  word  to  be  checked for alias substitution when the alias is expanded.  For
              each name in the argument list for which no value is supplied, the name  and  value
              of  the  alias  is printed.  Alias returns true unless a name is given for which no
              alias has been defined.

       bg [jobspec ...]
              Resume each suspended job jobspec in the background, as if it had been started with
              &.   If  jobspec is not present, the shell's notion of the current job is used.  bg
              jobspec returns 0 unless run when job control is disabled or,  when  run  with  job
              control  enabled,  any  specified  jobspec was not found or was started without job
              control.

       bind [-m keymap] [-lpsvPSV]
       bind [-m keymap] [-q function] [-u function] [-r keyseq]
       bind [-m keymap] -f filename
       bind [-m keymap] -x keyseq:shell-command
       bind [-m keymap] keyseq:function-name
       bind readline-command
              Display current readline key and function bindings, bind a key sequence to a  read-
              line  function or macro, or set a readline variable.  Each non-option argument is a
              command as it would appear in .inputrc, but each binding or command must be  passed
              as  a  separate  argument; e.g., '"\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file'.  Options, if sup-
              plied, have the following meanings:
              -m keymap
                     Use keymap as the keymap to be affected by the subsequent bindings.  Accept-
                     able  keymap  names  are  emacs, emacs-standard, emacs-meta, emacs-ctlx, vi,
                     vi-move, vi-command, and vi-insert.  vi is equivalent to  vi-command;  emacs
                     is equivalent to emacs-standard.
              -l     List the names of all readline functions.
              -p     Display  readline function names and bindings in such a way that they can be
                     re-read.
              -P     List current readline function names and bindings.
              -v     Display readline variable names and values in such a way that  they  can  be
                     re-read.
              -V     List current readline variable names and values.
              -s     Display  readline  key sequences bound to macros and the strings they output
                     in such a way that they can be re-read.
              -S     Display readline key sequences bound to macros and the strings they  output.
              -f filename
                     Read key bindings from filename.
              -q function
                     Query about which keys invoke the named function.
              -u function
                     Unbind all keys bound to the named function.
              -r keyseq
                     Remove any current binding for keyseq.
              -x keyseq:shell-command
                     Cause shell-command to be executed whenever keyseq is entered.

              The  return value is 0 unless an unrecognized option is given or an error occurred.

       break [n]
              Exit from within a for, while, until, or select loop.  If n is specified,  break  n
              levels.   n  must be >= 1.  If n is greater than the number of enclosing loops, all
              enclosing loops are exited.  The return value is 0 unless the shell is not  execut-
              ing a loop when break is executed.

       builtin shell-builtin [arguments]
              Execute the specified shell builtin, passing it arguments, and return its exit sta-
              tus.  This is useful when defining a function whose name is the  same  as  a  shell
              builtin,  retaining  the  functionality of the builtin within the function.  The cd
              builtin  is  commonly  redefined  this  way.   The  return  status  is   false   if
              shell-builtin is not a shell builtin command.

       cd [-L|-P] [dir]
              Change  the  current  directory to dir.  The variable HOME is the default dir.  The
              variable CDPATH defines the search path for the directory containing dir.  Alterna-
              tive directory names in CDPATH are separated by a colon (:).  A null directory name
              in CDPATH is the same as the current directory, i.e., ``.''.  If dir begins with  a
              slash  (/),  then CDPATH is not used. The -P option says to use the physical direc-
              tory structure instead of following symbolic links (see also the -P option  to  the
              set builtin command); the -L option forces symbolic links to be followed.  An argu-
              ment of - is equivalent to $OLDPWD.  If a non-empty directory name from  CDPATH  is
              used,  or  if  - is the first argument, and the directory change is successful, the
              absolute pathname of the new working directory is written to the  standard  output.
              The  return  value  is true if the directory was successfully changed; false other-
              wise.

       caller [expr]
              Returns the context of any active subroutine call (a shell  function  or  a  script
              executed  with  the  .  or source builtins.  Without expr, caller displays the line
              number and source filename of the current subroutine call.  If a non-negative inte-
              ger  is  supplied  as  expr,  caller displays the line number, subroutine name, and
              source file corresponding to that position in the  current  execution  call  stack.
              This  extra information may be used, for example, to print a stack trace.  The cur-
              rent frame is frame 0.  The return value is 0 unless the shell is not  executing  a
              subroutine  call or expr does not correspond to a valid position in the call stack.

       command [-pVv] command [arg ...]
              Run command with args suppressing the normal shell function  lookup.  Only  builtin
              commands  or  commands  found in the PATH are executed.  If the -p option is given,
              the search for command is performed using a default value for PATH that is  guaran-
              teed  to  find  all  of  the  standard utilities.  If either the -V or -v option is
              supplied, a description of command is printed.  The -v option causes a single  word
              indicating  the command or file name used to invoke command to be displayed; the -V
              option produces a more verbose description.  If the -V or -v  option  is  supplied,
              the exit status is 0 if command was found, and 1 if not.  If neither option is sup-
              plied and an error occurred or command cannot be found, the  exit  status  is  127.
              Otherwise, the exit status of the command builtin is the exit status of command.

       compgen [option] [word]
              Generate  possible  completion matches for word according to the options, which may
              be any option accepted by the complete builtin with the exception of -p and -r, and
              write  the  matches  to  the standard output.  When using the -F or -C options, the
              various shell variables set by the programmable completion facilities, while avail-
              able, will not have useful values.

              The  matches  will  be  generated in the same way as if the programmable completion
              code had generated them directly from a  completion  specification  with  the  same
              flags.   If  word  is  specified, only those completions matching word will be dis-
              played.

              The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, or no  matches  were
              generated.

       complete  [-abcdefgjksuv] [-o comp-option] [-A action] [-G globpat] [-W wordlist] [-P pre-
       fix] [-S suffix]
              [-X filterpat] [-F function] [-C command] name [name ...]
       complete -pr [name ...]
              Specify  how  arguments to each name should be completed.  If the -p option is sup-
              plied, or if no  options  are  supplied,  existing  completion  specifications  are
              printed  in  a way that allows them to be reused as input.  The -r option removes a
              completion specification for each name, or, if no names are supplied,  all  comple-
              tion specifications.

              The  process  of  applying  these completion specifications when word completion is
              attempted is described above under Programmable Completion.

              Other options, if specified, have the following meanings.  The arguments to the -G,
              -W,  and  -X options (and, if necessary, the -P and -S options) should be quoted to
              protect them from expansion before the complete builtin is invoked.
              -o comp-option
                      The comp-option controls several aspects of the compspec's behavior  beyond
                      the simple generation of completions.  comp-option may be one of:
                      bashdefault
                              Perform  the  rest  of the default bash completions if the compspec
                              generates no matches.
                      default Use readline's default filename completion if the  compspec  gener-
                              ates no matches.
                      dirnames
                              Perform  directory  name  completion  if  the compspec generates no
                              matches.
                      filenames
                              Tell readline that the compspec generates filenames, so it can per-
                              form  any  filename-specific  processing  (like  adding  a slash to
                              directory names or suppressing trailing spaces).   Intended  to  be
                              used with shell functions.
                      nospace Tell  readline  not  to  append a space (the default) to words com-
                              pleted at the end of the line.
                      plusdirs
                              After any matches defined by the compspec are generated,  directory
                              name  completion  is  attempted  and  any  matches are added to the
                              results of the other actions.
              -A action
                      The action may be one of the following to generate a list of possible  com-
                      pletions:
                      alias   Alias names.  May also be specified as -a.
                      arrayvar
                              Array variable names.
                      binding Readline key binding names.
                      builtin Names of shell builtin commands.  May also be specified as -b.
                      command Command names.  May also be specified as -c.
                      directory
                              Directory names.  May also be specified as -d.
                      disabled
                              Names of disabled shell builtins.
                      enabled Names of enabled shell builtins.
                      export  Names of exported shell variables.  May also be specified as -e.
                      file    File names.  May also be specified as -f.
                      function
                              Names of shell functions.
                      group   Group names.  May also be specified as -g.
                      helptopic
                              Help topics as accepted by the help builtin.
                      hostname
                              Hostnames,  as  taken from the file specified by the HOSTFILE shell
                              variable.
                      job     Job names, if job control is active.  May also be specified as  -j.
                      keyword Shell reserved words.  May also be specified as -k.
                      running Names of running jobs, if job control is active.
                      service Service names.  May also be specified as -s.
                      setopt  Valid arguments for the -o option to the set builtin.
                      shopt   Shell option names as accepted by the shopt builtin.
                      signal  Signal names.
                      stopped Names of stopped jobs, if job control is active.
                      user    User names.  May also be specified as -u.
                      variable
                              Names of all shell variables.  May also be specified as -v.
              -G globpat
                      The filename expansion pattern globpat is expanded to generate the possible
                      completions.
              -W wordlist
                      The wordlist is split using the characters in the IFS special  variable  as
                      delimiters,  and each resultant word is expanded.  The possible completions
                      are the members of the resultant list which match the word being completed.
              -C command
                      command  is  executed  in a subshell environment, and its output is used as
                      the possible completions.
              -F function
                      The shell function function is executed in the current  shell  environment.
                      When  it finishes, the possible completions are retrieved from the value of
                      the COMPREPLY array variable.
              -X filterpat
                      filterpat is a pattern as used for filename expansion.  It  is  applied  to
                      the  list  of  possible  completions generated by the preceding options and
                      arguments, and each completion matching filterpat is removed from the list.
                      A  leading ! in filterpat negates the pattern; in this case, any completion
                      not matching filterpat is removed.
              -P prefix
                      prefix is added at the beginning of  each  possible  completion  after  all
                      other options have been applied.
              -S suffix
                      suffix is appended to each possible completion after all other options have
                      been applied.

              The return value is true unless an invalid option is supplied, an option other than
              -p  or  -r is supplied without a name argument, an attempt is made to remove a com-
              pletion specification for a name for which no specification  exists,  or  an  error
              occurs adding a completion specification.

       continue [n]
              Resume the next iteration of the enclosing for, while, until, or select loop.  If n
              is specified, resume at the nth enclosing loop.  n must be >= 1.  If n  is  greater
              than  the  number  of  enclosing  loops, the last enclosing loop (the ``top-level''
              loop) is resumed.  The return value is 0 unless the shell is not executing  a  loop
              when continue is executed.

       declare [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]
       typeset [-afFirtx] [-p] [name[=value] ...]
              Declare  variables and/or give them attributes.  If no names are given then display
              the values of variables.  The -p option will display the attributes and  values  of
              each  name.   When  -p  is  used,  additional  options  are ignored.  The -F option
              inhibits the display of function definitions; only the function name and attributes
              are  printed.  If the extdebug shell option is enabled using shopt, the source file
              name and line number where the function is defined are displayed as well.   The  -F
              option  implies  -f.  The following options can be used to restrict output to vari-
              ables with the specified attribute or to give variables attributes:
              -a     Each name is an array variable (see Arrays above).
              -f     Use function names only.
              -i     The variable is treated as an integer; arithmetic evaluation (see ARITHMETIC
                     EVALUATION ) is performed when the variable is assigned a value.
              -r     Make  names  readonly.  These names cannot then be assigned values by subse-
                     quent assignment statements or unset.
              -t     Give each name the trace attribute.  Traced functions inherit the DEBUG  and
                     RETURN  traps  from  the  calling shell.  The trace attribute has no special
                     meaning for variables.
              -x     Mark names for export to subsequent commands via the environment.

              Using `+' instead of `-' turns off the attribute instead, with the  exception  that
              +a  may  not  be used to destroy an array variable.  When used in a function, makes
              each name local, as with the local command.  If a  variable  name  is  followed  by
              =value, the value of the variable is set to value.  The return value is 0 unless an
              invalid option is encountered, an attempt is made to define a function  using  ``-f
              foo=bar'',  an attempt is made to assign a value to a readonly variable, an attempt
              is made to assign a value to an array variable without using the  compound  assign-
              ment  syntax  (see  Arrays  above),  one of the names is not a valid shell variable
              name, an attempt is made to turn off readonly status for a  readonly  variable,  an
              attempt  is  made  to turn off array status for an array variable, or an attempt is
              made to display a non-existent function with -f.

       dirs [-clpv] [+n] [-n]
              Without options, displays  the  list  of  currently  remembered  directories.   The
              default  display  is  on  a  single  line with directory names separated by spaces.
              Directories are added to the list with the pushd command; the popd command  removes
              entries from the list.
              +n     Displays the nth entry counting from the left of the list shown by dirs when
                     invoked without options, starting with zero.
              -n     Displays the nth entry counting from the right of the  list  shown  by  dirs
                     when invoked without options, starting with zero.
              -c     Clears the directory stack by deleting all of the entries.
              -l     Produces a longer listing; the default listing format uses a tilde to denote
                     the home directory.
              -p     Print the directory stack with one entry per line.
              -v     Print the directory stack with one entry per line, prefixing each entry with
                     its index in the stack.

              The  return value is 0 unless an invalid option is supplied or n indexes beyond the
              end of the directory stack.

       disown [-ar] [-h] [jobspec ...]
              Without options, each jobspec is removed from the table of active jobs.  If the  -h
              option  is given, each jobspec is not removed from the table, but is marked so that
              SIGHUP is not sent to the job if the shell receives a SIGHUP.   If  no  jobspec  is
              present, and neither the -a nor the -r option is supplied, the current job is used.
              If no jobspec is supplied, the -a option means to remove or mark all jobs;  the  -r
              option  without a jobspec argument restricts operation to running jobs.  The return
              value is 0 unless a jobspec does not specify a valid job.

       echo [-neE] [arg ...]
              Output the args, separated by spaces, followed by a newline.  The return status  is
              always  0.   If  -n  is  specified,  the trailing newline is suppressed.  If the -e
              option is given, interpretation of the following  backslash-escaped  characters  is
              enabled.   The  -E  option  disables the interpretation of these escape characters,
              even on systems where they are interpreted by default.  The xpg_echo  shell  option
              may be used to dynamically determine whether or not echo expands these escape char-
              acters by default.  echo does not interpret -- to mean the end  of  options.   echo
              interprets the following escape sequences:
              \a     alert (bell)
              \b     backspace
              \c     suppress trailing newline
              \e     an escape character
              \f     form feed
              \n     new line
              \r     carriage return
              \t     horizontal tab
              \v     vertical tab
              \\     backslash
              \0nnn  the  eight-bit  character  whose value is the octal value nnn (zero to three
                     octal digits)
              \xHH   the eight-bit character whose value is the hexadecimal value HH (one or  two
                     hex digits)

       enable [-adnps] [-f filename] [name ...]
              Enable  and disable builtin shell commands.  Disabling a builtin allows a disk com-
              mand which has the same name as a shell builtin to be executed without specifying a
              full  pathname,  even  though  the shell normally searches for builtins before disk
              commands.  If -n is used, each name is disabled; otherwise, names are enabled.  For
              example,  to  use  the  test binary found via the PATH instead of the shell builtin
              version, run ``enable -n test''.  The -f option means to load the new builtin  com-
              mand  name  from  shared  object filename, on systems that support dynamic loading.
              The -d option will delete a builtin previously loaded with -f.  If  no  name  argu-
              ments  are  given,  or  if  the  -p option is supplied, a list of shell builtins is
              printed.  With no other option arguments, the list consists of  all  enabled  shell
              builtins.   If  -n  is supplied, only disabled builtins are printed.  If -a is sup-
              plied, the list printed includes all builtins, with an indication of whether or not
              each  is enabled.  If -s is supplied, the output is restricted to the POSIX special
              builtins.  The return value is 0 unless a name is not a shell builtin or  there  is
              an error loading a new builtin from a shared object.

       eval [arg ...]
              The args are read and concatenated together into a single command.  This command is
              then read and executed by the shell, and its exit status is returned as  the  value
              of eval.  If there are no args, or only null arguments, eval returns 0.

       exec [-cl] [-a name] [command [arguments]]
              If  command  is  specified, it replaces the shell.  No new process is created.  The
              arguments become the arguments to command.  If the -l option is supplied, the shell
              places  a  dash at the beginning of the zeroth arg passed to command.  This is what
              login(1) does.  The -c option causes command to be executed with an empty  environ-
              ment.   If -a is supplied, the shell passes name as the zeroth argument to the exe-
              cuted command.  If command cannot be executed for some  reason,  a  non-interactive
              shell  exits, unless the shell option execfail is enabled, in which case it returns
              failure.  An interactive shell returns failure if the file cannot be executed.   If
              command  is  not  specified, any redirections take effect in the current shell, and
              the return status is 0.  If there is a redirection error, the return status is 1.

       exit [n]
              Cause the shell to exit with a status of n.  If n is omitted, the  exit  status  is
              that  of  the  last  command executed.  A trap on EXIT is executed before the shell
              terminates.

       export [-fn] [name[=word]] ...
       export -p
              The supplied names are marked for automatic export to  the  environment  of  subse-
              quently  executed  commands.   If  the -f option is given, the names refer to func-
              tions.  If no names are given, or if the -p option is supplied, a list of all names
              that  are exported in this shell is printed.  The -n option causes the export prop-
              erty to be removed from each name.  If a variable name is followed  by  =word,  the
              value of the variable is set to word.  export returns an exit status of 0 unless an
              invalid option is encountered, one of the names is not a valid shell variable name,
              or -f is supplied with a name that is not a function.

       fc [-e ename] [-nlr] [first] [last]
       fc -s [pat=rep] [cmd]
              Fix Command.  In the first form, a range of commands from first to last is selected
              from the history list.  First and last may be specified as a string (to locate  the
              last  command beginning with that string) or as a number (an index into the history
              list, where a negative number is used as an offset from the  current  command  num-
              ber).   If  last  is not specified it is set to the current command for listing (so
              that ``fc -l -10'' prints the last 10 commands) and to first otherwise.   If  first
              is not specified it is set to the previous command for editing and -16 for listing.

              The -n option suppresses the command numbers when listing.  The -r option  reverses
              the  order  of the commands.  If the -l option is given, the commands are listed on
              standard output.  Otherwise, the editor given by ename is invoked on  a  file  con-
              taining those commands.  If ename is not given, the value of the FCEDIT variable is
              used, and the value of EDITOR if FCEDIT is not set.  If neither variable is set, is
              used.  When editing is complete, the edited commands are echoed and executed.

              In  the  second form, command is re-executed after each instance of pat is replaced
              by rep.  A useful alias to use with this is ``r="fc -s"'', so that typing ``r  cc''
              runs  the  last command beginning with ``cc'' and typing ``r'' re-executes the last
              command.

              If the first form is used, the return value  is  0  unless  an  invalid  option  is
              encountered  or first or last specify history lines out of range.  If the -e option
              is supplied, the return value is the value of the last command executed or  failure
              if  an  error  occurs  with  the temporary file of commands.  If the second form is
              used, the return status is that of the command re-executed,  unless  cmd  does  not
              specify a valid history line, in which case fc returns failure.

       fg [jobspec]
              Resume  jobspec  in the foreground, and make it the current job.  If jobspec is not
              present, the shell's notion of the current job is used.  The return value  is  that
              of  the  command  placed into the foreground, or failure if run when job control is
              disabled or, when run with job control enabled, if jobspec does not specify a valid
              job or jobspec specifies a job that was started without job control.

       getopts optstring name [args]
              getopts is used by shell procedures to parse positional parameters.  optstring con-
              tains the option characters to be recognized; if  a  character  is  followed  by  a
              colon,  the  option is expected to have an argument, which should be separated from
              it by white space.  The colon and question mark  characters  may  not  be  used  as
              option  characters.  Each time it is invoked, getopts places the next option in the
              shell variable name, initializing name if it does not exist, and the index  of  the
              next argument to be processed into the variable OPTIND.  OPTIND is initialized to 1
              each time the shell or a shell script is invoked.  When an option requires an argu-
              ment,  getopts  places  that argument into the variable OPTARG.  The shell does not
              reset OPTIND automatically; it must be manually reset  between  multiple  calls  to
              getopts  within the same shell invocation if a new set of parameters is to be used.

              When the end of options is encountered, getopts exits with a return  value  greater
              than  zero.   OPTIND is set to the index of the first non-option argument, and name
              is set to ?.

              getopts normally parses the positional parameters, but if more arguments are  given
              in args, getopts parses those instead.

              getopts  can  report  errors in two ways.  If the first character of optstring is a
              colon, silent error reporting is used.  In normal operation diagnostic messages are
              printed  when  invalid options or missing option arguments are encountered.  If the
              variable OPTERR is set to 0, no error messages will be displayed, even if the first
              character of optstring is not a colon.

              If an invalid option is seen, getopts places ? into name and, if not silent, prints
              an error message and unsets OPTARG.  If getopts is  silent,  the  option  character
              found is placed in OPTARG and no diagnostic message is printed.

              If a required argument is not found, and getopts is not silent, a question mark (?)
              is placed in name, OPTARG is unset,  and  a  diagnostic  message  is  printed.   If
              getopts  is  silent,  then  a  colon (:) is placed in name and OPTARG is set to the
              option character found.

              getopts returns true if an option, specified or unspecified, is found.  It  returns
              false if the end of options is encountered or an error occurs.

       hash [-lr] [-p filename] [-dt] [name]
              For  each  name,  the  full file name of the command is determined by searching the
              directories in $PATH and remembered.  If the -p option is supplied, no path  search
              is  performed,  and  filename is used as the full file name of the command.  The -r
              option causes the shell to forget all remembered locations.  The -d  option  causes
              the shell to forget the remembered location of each name.  If the -t option is sup-
              plied, the full pathname to which each name corresponds is  printed.   If  multiple
              name  arguments  are  supplied  with -t, the name is printed before the hashed full
              pathname.  The -l option causes output to be displayed in  a  format  that  may  be
              reused as input.  If no arguments are given, or if only -l is supplied, information
              about remembered commands is printed.  The return status is true unless a  name  is
              not found or an invalid option is supplied.

       help [-s] [pattern]
              Display  helpful information about builtin commands.  If pattern is specified, help
              gives detailed help on all commands matching pattern; otherwise help  for  all  the
              builtins  and  shell  control  structures  is printed.  The -s option restricts the
              information displayed to a short usage synopsis.  The return status is 0 unless  no
              command matches pattern.

       history [n]
       history -c
       history -d offset
       history -anrw [filename]
       history -p arg [arg ...]
       history -s arg [arg ...]
              With  no options, display the command history list with line numbers.  Lines listed
              with a * have been modified.  An argument of n lists only the last n lines.  If the
              shell  variable  HISTTIMEFORMAT  is set and not null, it is used as a format string
              for strftime(3) to display the time stamp associated with  each  displayed  history
              entry.   No  intervening  blank is printed between the formatted time stamp and the
              history line.  If filename is supplied, it is used as the name of the history file;
              if  not,  the  value of HISTFILE is used.  Options, if supplied, have the following
              meanings:
              -c     Clear the history list by deleting all the entries.
              -d offset
                     Delete the history entry at position offset.
              -a     Append the ``new'' history lines (history lines entered since the  beginning
                     of the current bash session) to the history file.
              -n     Read  the history lines not already read from the history file into the cur-
                     rent history list.  These are lines appended to the history file  since  the
                     beginning of the current bash session.
              -r     Read the contents of the history file and use them as the current history.
              -w     Write  the  current  history  to  the  history file, overwriting the history
                     file's contents.
              -p     Perform history substitution on the following args and display the result on
                     the  standard output.  Does not store the results in the history list.  Each
                     arg must be quoted to disable normal history expansion.
              -s     Store the args in the history list as a single entry.  The last  command  in
                     the history list is removed before the args are added.

              If  the HISTTIMEFORMAT is set, the time stamp information associated with each his-
              tory entry is written to the history file.  The return value is 0 unless an invalid
              option  is  encountered, an error occurs while reading or writing the history file,
              an invalid offset is supplied as an argument to -d, or the history  expansion  sup-
              plied as an argument to -p fails.

       jobs [-lnprs] [ jobspec ... ]
       jobs -x command [ args ... ]
              The first form lists the active jobs.  The options have the following meanings:
              -l     List process IDs in addition to the normal information.
              -p     List only the process ID of the job's process group leader.
              -n     Display  information only about jobs that have changed status since the user
                     was last notified of their status.
              -r     Restrict output to running jobs.
              -s     Restrict output to stopped jobs.

              If jobspec is given, output is restricted  to  information  about  that  job.   The
              return status is 0 unless an invalid option is encountered or an invalid jobspec is
              supplied.

              If the -x option is supplied, jobs replaces any jobspec found in  command  or  args
              with  the  corresponding  process  group  ID, and executes command passing it args,
              returning its exit status.

       kill [-s sigspec | -n signum | -sigspec] [pid | jobspec] ...
       kill -l [sigspec | exit_status]
              Send the signal named by sigspec or signum to the processes named by  pid  or  job-
              spec.   sigspec  is  either a case-insensitive signal name such as SIGKILL (with or
              without the SIG prefix) or a signal number; signum is a signal number.  If  sigspec
              is not present, then SIGTERM is assumed.  An argument of -l lists the signal names.
              If any arguments are supplied when -l is given, the names  of  the  signals  corre-
              sponding  to the arguments are listed, and the return status is 0.  The exit_status
              argument to -l is a number specifying either a signal number or the exit status  of
              a  process  terminated  by  a signal.  kill returns true if at least one signal was
              successfully sent, or false if an error occurs or an invalid option is encountered.

       let arg [arg ...]
              Each  arg  is an arithmetic expression to be evaluated (see ARITHMETIC EVALUATION).
              If the last arg evaluates to 0, let returns 1; 0 is returned otherwise.

       local [option] [name[=value] ...]
              For each argument, a local variable named name is created, and assigned value.  The
              option  can be any of the options accepted by declare.  When local is used within a
              function, it causes the variable name to have a visible scope  restricted  to  that
              function  and  its  children.  With no operands, local writes a list of local vari-
              ables to the standard output.  It is an error to use local when not within a  func-
              tion.   The  return status is 0 unless local is used outside a function, an invalid
              name is supplied, or name is a readonly variable.

       logout Exit a login shell.

       popd [-n] [+n] [-n]
              Removes entries from the directory stack.   With  no  arguments,  removes  the  top
              directory  from  the stack, and performs a cd to the new top directory.  Arguments,
              if supplied, have the following meanings:
              +n     Removes the nth entry counting from the left of  the  list  shown  by  dirs,
                     starting  with  zero.  For example: ``popd +0'' removes the first directory,
                     ``popd +1'' the second.
              -n     Removes the nth entry counting from the right of the  list  shown  by  dirs,
                     starting  with  zero.   For example: ``popd -0'' removes the last directory,
                     ``popd -1'' the next to last.
              -n     Suppresses the normal change of directory when removing directories from the
                     stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.

              If the popd command is successful, a dirs is performed as well, and the return sta-
              tus is 0.  popd returns false if an invalid option is  encountered,  the  directory
              stack is empty, a non-existent directory stack entry is specified, or the directory
              change fails.

       printf [-v var] format [arguments]
              Write the formatted arguments to the standard output under the control of the  for-
              mat.  The format is a character string which contains three types of objects: plain
              characters, which are simply copied to standard output, character escape sequences,
              which  are  converted and copied to the standard output, and format specifications,
              each of which causes printing of the next successive argument.  In addition to  the
              standard  printf(1)  formats, %b causes printf to expand backslash escape sequences
              in the corresponding argument (except that \c terminates output, backslashes in \',
              \",  and  \? are not removed, and octal escapes beginning with \0 may contain up to
              four digits), and %q causes printf to output the corresponding argument in a format
              that can be reused as shell input.

              The  -v  option  causes  the  output to be assigned to the variable var rather than
              being printed to the standard output.

              The format is reused as necessary to consume all of the arguments.  If  the  format
              requires  more  arguments than are supplied, the extra format specifications behave
              as if a zero value or null string, as appropriate, had been supplied.   The  return
              value is zero on success, non-zero on failure.

       pushd [-n] [dir]
       pushd [-n] [+n] [-n]
              Adds  a  directory  to the top of the directory stack, or rotates the stack, making
              the new top of the  stack  the  current  working  directory.   With  no  arguments,
              exchanges  the  top  two  directories  and returns 0, unless the directory stack is
              empty.  Arguments, if supplied, have the following meanings:
              +n     Rotates the stack so that the nth directory (counting from the left  of  the
                     list shown by dirs, starting with zero) is at the top.
              -n     Rotates  the stack so that the nth directory (counting from the right of the
                     list shown by dirs, starting with zero) is at the top.
              -n     Suppresses the normal change of directory when  adding  directories  to  the
                     stack, so that only the stack is manipulated.
              dir    Adds  dir to the directory stack at the top, making it the new current work-
                     ing directory.

              If the pushd command is successful, a dirs is performed as well.  If the first form
              is  used,  pushd returns 0 unless the cd to dir fails.  With the second form, pushd
              returns 0 unless the directory stack is empty, a non-existent directory stack  ele-
              ment  is  specified, or the directory change to the specified new current directory
              fails.

       pwd [-LP]
              Print the absolute pathname of the current working directory.  The pathname printed
              contains  no  symbolic links if the -P option is supplied or the -o physical option
              to the set builtin command is enabled.  If the -L  option  is  used,  the  pathname
              printed  may contain symbolic links.  The return status is 0 unless an error occurs
              while reading the name of the current directory or an invalid option is supplied.

       read [-ers] [-u fd] [-t timeout] [-a aname] [-p prompt] [-n nchars] [-d delim] [name  ...]
              One line is read from the standard input, or from the file descriptor  fd  supplied
              as  an argument to the -u option, and the first word is assigned to the first name,
              the second word to the second name, and so on, with leftover words and their inter-
              vening  separators  assigned  to the last name.  If there are fewer words read from
              the input stream than names, the remaining names are assigned  empty  values.   The
              characters  in  IFS are used to split the line into words.  The backslash character
              (\) may be used to remove any special meaning for the next character read  and  for
              line continuation.  Options, if supplied, have the following meanings:
              -a aname
                     The  words  are  assigned to sequential indices of the array variable aname,
                     starting at 0.  aname is unset before any new values  are  assigned.   Other
                     name arguments are ignored.
              -d delim
                     The  first  character  of  delim is used to terminate the input line, rather
                     than newline.
              -e     If the standard input is coming from  a  terminal,  readline  (see  READLINE
                     above) is used to obtain the line.
              -n nchars
                     read  returns after reading nchars characters rather than waiting for a com-
                     plete line of input.
              -p prompt
                     Display prompt  on  standard  error,  without  a  trailing  newline,  before
                     attempting to read any input.  The prompt is displayed only if input is com-
                     ing from a terminal.
              -r     Backslash does not act as an escape character.  The backslash is  considered
                     to  be part of the line.  In particular, a backslash-newline pair may not be
                     used as a line continuation.
              -s     Silent mode.  If input is coming from a terminal, characters are not echoed.
              -t timeout
                     Cause read to time out and return failure if a complete line of input is not
                     read within timeout seconds.  This option has no effect if read is not read-
                     ing input from the terminal or a pipe.
              -u fd  Read input from file descriptor fd.

              If  no  names  are  supplied, the line read is assigned to the variable REPLY.  The
              return code is zero, unless end-of-file is  encountered,  read  times  out,  or  an
              invalid file descriptor is supplied as the argument to -u.

       readonly [-apf] [name[=word] ...]
              The  given  names are marked readonly; the values of these names may not be changed
              by subsequent assignment.  If the -f option is supplied, the functions  correspond-
              ing  to  the names are so marked.  The -a option restricts the variables to arrays.
              If no name arguments are given, or if the -p option is  supplied,  a  list  of  all
              readonly names is printed.  The -p option causes output to be displayed in a format
              that may be reused as input.  If a variable name is followed by =word, the value of
              the  variable  is  set to word.  The return status is 0 unless an invalid option is
              encountered, one of the names is not a valid shell variable name, or -f is supplied
              with a name that is not a function.

       return [n]
              Causes  a  function to exit with the return value specified by n.  If n is omitted,
              the return status is that of the last command executed in the  function  body.   If
              used  outside  a function, but during execution of a script by the .  (source) com-
              mand, it causes the shell to stop executing that script and return either n or  the
              exit  status  of  the last command executed within the script as the exit status of
              the script.  If used outside a function and not during execution of a script by  .,
              the  return  status  is false.  Any command associated with the RETURN trap is exe-
              cuted before execution resumes after the function or script.

       set [--abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option] [arg ...]
              Without options, the name and value of each shell variable are displayed in a  for-
              mat  that  can  be reused as input for setting or resetting the currently-set vari-
              ables.  Read-only variables cannot be reset.  In posix mode, only  shell  variables
              are  listed.   The  output is sorted according to the current locale.  When options
              are specified, they set or unset shell attributes.  Any arguments  remaining  after
              the  options  are processed are treated as values for the positional parameters and
              are assigned, in order, to $1, $2, ...  $n.  Options, if specified, have  the  fol-
              lowing meanings:
              -a      Automatically  mark  variables  and functions which are modified or created
                      for export to the environment of subsequent commands.
              -b      Report the status of terminated background jobs  immediately,  rather  than
                      before the next primary prompt.  This is effective only when job control is
                      enabled.
              -e      Exit immediately if a simple command (see SHELL GRAMMAR above) exits with a
                      non-zero status.  The shell does not exit if the command that fails is part
                      of the command list immediately following a while or until keyword, part of
                      the  test  in an if statement, part of a && or || list, or if the command's
                      return value is being inverted via !.  A trap on ERR, if set,  is  executed
                      before the shell exits.
              -f      Disable pathname expansion.
              -h      Remember  the  location  of  commands  as they are looked up for execution.
                      This is enabled by default.
              -k      All arguments in the form of assignment statements are placed in the  envi-
                      ronment for a command, not just those that precede the command name.
              -m      Monitor  mode.   Job  control is enabled.  This option is on by default for
                      interactive shells on systems that support  it  (see  JOB  CONTROL  above).
                      Background  processes run in a separate process group and a line containing
                      their exit status is printed upon their completion.
              -n      Read commands but do not execute them.  This may be used to check  a  shell
                      script for syntax errors.  This is ignored by interactive shells.
              -o option-name
                      The option-name can be one of the following:
                      allexport
                              Same as -a.
                      braceexpand
                              Same as -B.
                      emacs   Use an emacs-style command line editing interface.  This is enabled
                              by default when the shell  is  interactive,  unless  the  shell  is
                              started with the --noediting option.
                      errtrace
                              Same as -E.
                      functrace
                              Same as -T.
                      errexit Same as -e.
                      hashall Same as -h.
                      histexpand
                              Same as -H.
                      history Enable  command  history,  as  described above under HISTORY.  This
                              option is on by default in interactive shells.
                      ignoreeof
                              The effect is as if the shell  command  ``IGNOREEOF=10''  had  been
                              executed (see Shell Variables above).
                      keyword Same as -k.
                      monitor Same as -m.
                      noclobber
                              Same as -C.
                      noexec  Same as -n.
                      noglob  Same as -f.  nolog Currently ignored.
                      notify  Same as -b.
                      nounset Same as -u.
                      onecmd  Same as -t.
                      physical
                              Same as -P.
                      pipefail
                              If  set,  the  return  value of a pipeline is the value of the last
                              (rightmost) command to exit with a non-zero status, or zero if  all
                              commands  in  the  pipeline exit successfully.  This option is dis-
                              abled by default.
                      posix   Change the behavior of bash where  the  default  operation  differs
                              from the POSIX standard to match the standard (posix mode).
                      privileged
                              Same as -p.
                      verbose Same as -v.
                      vi      Use a vi-style command line editing interface.
                      xtrace  Same as -x.
                      If  -o  is  supplied with no option-name, the values of the current options
                      are printed.  If +o is supplied with no option-name, a series of  set  com-
                      mands  to recreate the current option settings is displayed on the standard
                      output.
              -p      Turn on privileged mode.  In this mode, the $ENV and  $BASH_ENV  files  are
                      not  processed, shell functions are not inherited from the environment, and
                      the SHELLOPTS variable, if it appears in the environment, is  ignored.   If
                      the  shell  is  started with the effective user (group) id not equal to the
                      real user (group) id, and the -p option is not supplied, these actions  are
                      taken  and  the  effective  user  id is set to the real user id.  If the -p
                      option is supplied at startup, the effective user id is not reset.  Turning
                      this  option  off  causes the effective user and group ids to be set to the
                      real user and group ids.
              -t      Exit after reading and executing one command.
              -u      Treat unset variables as an error when performing parameter expansion.   If
                      expansion is attempted on an unset variable, the shell prints an error mes-
                      sage, and, if not interactive, exits with a non-zero status.
              -v      Print shell input lines as they are read.
              -x      After expanding each simple command, for command, case command, select com-
                      mand,  or  arithmetic  for command, display the expanded value of PS4, fol-
                      lowed by the command and its expanded arguments or associated word list.
              -B      The shell performs brace expansion (see Brace Expansion above).  This is on
                      by default.
              -C      If  set,  bash  does  not overwrite an existing file with the >, >&, and <>
                      redirection operators.  This may be overridden when creating  output  files
                      by using the redirection operator >| instead of >.
              -E      If  set, any trap on ERR is inherited by shell functions, command substitu-
                      tions, and commands executed in a subshell environment.  The  ERR  trap  is
                      normally not inherited in such cases.
              -H      Enable  !   style  history substitution.  This option is on by default when
                      the shell is interactive.
              -P      If set, the shell does not follow symbolic links  when  executing  commands
                      such as cd that change the current working directory.  It uses the physical
                      directory structure instead.  By default, bash follows the logical chain of
                      directories when performing commands which change the current directory.
              -T      If  set,  any  traps  on DEBUG and RETURN are inherited by shell functions,
                      command substitutions, and commands executed  in  a  subshell  environment.
                      The DEBUG and RETURN traps are normally not inherited in such cases.
              --      If  no  arguments  follow  this  option, then the positional parameters are
                      unset.  Otherwise, the positional parameters are set to the args,  even  if
                      some of them begin with a -.
              -       Signal  the  end of options, cause all remaining args to be assigned to the
                      positional parameters.  The -x and -v options are turned off.  If there are
                      no args, the positional parameters remain unchanged.

              The  options  are  off  by  default  unless otherwise noted.  Using + rather than -
              causes these options to be turned off.  The options can also be specified as  argu-
              ments  to  an  invocation of the shell.  The current set of options may be found in
              $-.  The return status is always true unless an invalid option is encountered.

       shift [n]
              The positional parameters from n+1 ... are renamed to $1  ....   Parameters  repre-
              sented by the numbers $# down to $#-n+1 are unset.  n must be a non-negative number
              less than or equal to $#.  If n is 0, no parameters  are  changed.   If  n  is  not
              given,  it  is assumed to be 1.  If n is greater than $#, the positional parameters
              are not changed.  The return status is greater than zero if n is greater than $# or
              less than zero; otherwise 0.

       shopt [-pqsu] [-o] [optname ...]
              Toggle  the  values  of  variables  controlling  optional  shell behavior.  With no
              options, or with the -p option, a list of all settable options is  displayed,  with
              an  indication  of  whether  or not each is set.  The -p option causes output to be
              displayed in a form that may be reused as input.  Other options have the  following
              meanings:
              -s     Enable (set) each optname.
              -u     Disable (unset) each optname.
              -q     Suppresses  normal  output (quiet mode); the return status indicates whether
                     the optname is set or unset.  If multiple optname arguments are  given  with
                     -q,  the  return status is zero if all optnames are enabled; non-zero other-
                     wise.
              -o     Restricts the values of optname to be those defined for the -o option to the
                     set builtin.

              If  either  -s  or  -u is used with no optname arguments, the display is limited to
              those options which are set or unset, respectively.  Unless  otherwise  noted,  the
              shopt options are disabled (unset) by default.

              The  return  status  when listing options is zero if all optnames are enabled, non-
              zero otherwise.  When setting or unsetting  options,  the  return  status  is  zero
              unless an optname is not a valid shell option.

              The list of shopt options is:

              cdable_vars
                      If  set,  an  argument to the cd builtin command that is not a directory is
                      assumed to be the name of a variable whose value is the directory to change
                      to.
              cdspell If  set, minor errors in the spelling of a directory component in a cd com-
                      mand will be corrected.  The errors checked for are transposed  characters,
                      a missing character, and one character too many.  If a correction is found,
                      the corrected file name is printed, and the command proceeds.  This  option
                      is only used by interactive shells.
              checkhash
                      If  set,  bash  checks that a command found in the hash table exists before
                      trying to execute it.  If a hashed command no longer exists, a normal  path
                      search is performed.
              checkwinsize
                      If  set,  bash checks the window size after each command and, if necessary,
                      updates the values of LINES and COLUMNS.
              cmdhist If set, bash attempts to save all lines of a multiple-line command  in  the
                      same history entry.  This allows easy re-editing of multi-line commands.
              compat31
                      If  set,  bash  changes its behavior to that of version 3.1 with respect to
                      quoted arguments to the conditional command's =~ operator.
              dotglob If set, bash includes filenames beginning with a  `.'  in  the  results  of
                      pathname expansion.
              execfail
                      If set, a non-interactive shell will not exit if it cannot execute the file
                      specified as an argument to the exec builtin command.  An interactive shell
                      does not exit if exec fails.
              expand_aliases
                      If set, aliases are expanded as described above under ALIASES.  This option
                      is enabled by default for interactive shells.
              extdebug
                      If set, behavior intended for use by debuggers is enabled:
                      1.     The -F option to the declare builtin displays the source  file  name
                             and  line  number corresponding to each function name supplied as an
                             argument.
                      2.     If the command run by the DEBUG trap returns a non-zero  value,  the
                             next command is skipped and not executed.
                      3.     If  the  command run by the DEBUG trap returns a value of 2, and the
                             shell is executing in a subroutine (a  shell  function  or  a  shell
                             script  executed  by  the . or source builtins), a call to return is
                             simulated.
                      4.     BASH_ARGC and BASH_ARGV are updated as described in  their  descrip-
                             tions above.
                      5.     Function tracing is enabled:  command substitution, shell functions,
                             and subshells invoked with ( command ) inherit the DEBUG and  RETURN
                             traps.
                      6.     Error  tracing  is  enabled:  command substitution, shell functions,
                             and subshells invoked with ( command ) inherit the ERROR trap.
              extglob If set, the extended pattern matching features described above under  Path-
                      name Expansion are enabled.
              extquote
                      If  set,  $'string'  and $"string" quoting is performed within ${parameter}
                      expansions enclosed in double quotes.  This option is enabled by default.
              failglob
                      If set, patterns which fail to match filenames  during  pathname  expansion
                      result in an expansion error.
              force_fignore
                      If set, the suffixes specified by the FIGNORE shell variable cause words to
                      be ignored when performing word completion even if the  ignored  words  are
                      the only possible completions.  See SHELL VARIABLES above for a description
                      of FIGNORE.  This option is enabled by default.
              gnu_errfmt
                      If set, shell error messages are written in the standard GNU error  message
                      format.
              histappend
                      If  set, the history list is appended to the file named by the value of the
                      HISTFILE variable when the shell exits, rather than overwriting the file.
              histreedit
                      If set, and readline is being used, a user is given the opportunity to  re-
                      edit a failed history substitution.
              histverify
                      If set, and readline is being used, the results of history substitution are
                      not immediately passed to the shell parser.  Instead, the resulting line is
                      loaded into the readline editing buffer, allowing further modification.
              hostcomplete
                      If  set,  and readline is being used, bash will attempt to perform hostname
                      completion when a word containing a @ is being  completed  (see  Completing
                      under READLINE above).  This is enabled by default.
              huponexit
                      If  set,  bash will send SIGHUP to all jobs when an interactive login shell
                      exits.
              interactive_comments
                      If set, allow a word beginning with # to cause that word and all  remaining
                      characters on that line to be ignored in an interactive shell (see COMMENTS
                      above).  This option is enabled by default.
              lithist If set, and the cmdhist option is enabled, multi-line commands are saved to
                      the  history  with embedded newlines rather than using semicolon separators
                      where possible.
              login_shell
                      The shell sets this option if it is started as a login shell  (see  INVOCA-
                      TION above).  The value may not be changed.
              mailwarn
                      If  set,  and a file that bash is checking for mail has been accessed since
                      the last time it was checked, the message ``The mail in mailfile  has  been
                      read'' is displayed.
              no_empty_cmd_completion
                      If  set,  and  readline  is being used, bash will not attempt to search the
                      PATH for possible completions when completion  is  attempted  on  an  empty
                      line.
              nocaseglob
                      If  set, bash matches filenames in a case-insensitive fashion when perform-
                      ing pathname expansion (see Pathname Expansion above).
              nocasematch
                      If set, bash matches patterns in a case-insensitive fashion when performing
                      matching while executing case or [[ conditional commands.
              nullglob
                      If  set,  bash allows patterns which match no files (see Pathname Expansion
                      above) to expand to a null string, rather than themselves.
              progcomp
                      If set, the programmable completion facilities (see Programmable Completion
                      above) are enabled.  This option is enabled by default.
              promptvars
                      If  set,  prompt strings undergo parameter expansion, command substitution,
                      arithmetic expansion, and quote removal after being expanded  as  described
                      in PROMPTING above.  This option is enabled by default.
              restricted_shell
                      The  shell  sets  this  option  if  it  is  started in restricted mode (see
                      RESTRICTED SHELL below).  The value may not be changed.  This is not  reset
                      when the startup files are executed, allowing the startup files to discover
                      whether or not a shell is restricted.
              shift_verbose
                      If set, the shift builtin prints an error  message  when  the  shift  count
                      exceeds the number of positional parameters.
              sourcepath
                      If set, the source (.) builtin uses the value of PATH to find the directory
                      containing the file supplied as an argument.  This  option  is  enabled  by
                      default.
              xpg_echo
                      If set, the echo builtin expands backslash-escape sequences by default.
       suspend [-f]
              Suspend  the  execution  of  this shell until it receives a SIGCONT signal.  The -f
              option says not to complain if this is a login shell;  just  suspend  anyway.   The
              return  status is 0 unless the shell is a login shell and -f is not supplied, or if
              job control is not enabled.
       test expr
       [ expr ]
              Return a status of 0 or 1 depending on the evaluation of the conditional expression
              expr.  Each operator and operand must be a separate argument.  Expressions are com-
              posed of the primaries described above under CONDITIONAL  EXPRESSIONS.   test  does
              not accept any options, nor does it accept and ignore an argument of -- as signify-
              ing the end of options.

              Expressions may be combined using the following  operators,  listed  in  decreasing
              order of precedence.
              ! expr True if expr is false.
              ( expr )
                     Returns  the  value of expr.  This may be used to override the normal prece-
                     dence of operators.
              expr1 -a expr2
                     True if both expr1 and expr2 are true.
              expr1 -o expr2
                     True if either expr1 or expr2 is true.

              test and [ evaluate conditional expressions using a set of rules based on the  num-
              ber of arguments.

              0 arguments
                     The expression is false.
              1 argument
                     The expression is true if and only if the argument is not null.
              2 arguments
                     If the first argument is !, the expression is true if and only if the second
                     argument is null.  If the first argument is one  of  the  unary  conditional
                     operators listed above under CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS, the expression is true
                     if the unary test is true.  If the first argument is not a valid unary  con-
                     ditional operator, the expression is false.
              3 arguments
                     If  the  second  argument  is one of the binary conditional operators listed
                     above under CONDITIONAL EXPRESSIONS, the result of  the  expression  is  the
                     result  of  the binary test using the first and third arguments as operands.
                     If the first argument is !, the value is the negation  of  the  two-argument
                     test using the second and third arguments.  If the first argument is exactly
                     ( and the third argument is exactly ), the result is the  one-argument  test
                     of  the second argument.  Otherwise, the expression is false.  The -a and -o
                     operators are considered binary operators in this case.
              4 arguments
                     If the first argument is !, the result is the negation of the three-argument
                     expression  composed  of the remaining arguments.  Otherwise, the expression
                     is parsed and evaluated according  to  precedence  using  the  rules  listed
                     above.
              5 or more arguments
                     The  expression  is  parsed  and evaluated according to precedence using the
                     rules listed above.

       times  Print the accumulated user and system times for the shell  and  for  processes  run
              from the shell.  The return status is 0.

       trap [-lp] [[arg] sigspec ...]
              The  command  arg  is  to  be  read  and executed when the shell receives signal(s)
              sigspec.  If arg is absent (and there is a single sigspec)  or  -,  each  specified
              signal  is reset to its original disposition (the value it had upon entrance to the
              shell).  If arg is the null string the signal specified by each sigspec is  ignored
              by the shell and by the commands it invokes.  If arg is not present and -p has been
              supplied, then the trap commands associated with each sigspec are displayed.  If no
              arguments  are  supplied  or  if only -p is given, trap prints the list of commands
              associated with each signal.  The -l option causes the shell to  print  a  list  of
              signal names and their corresponding numbers.  Each sigspec is either a signal name
              defined in <signal.h>, or a signal number.  Signal names are case  insensitive  and
              the  SIG  prefix is optional.  If a sigspec is EXIT (0) the command arg is executed
              on exit from the shell.  If a sigspec is DEBUG, the command arg is executed  before
              every  simple  command, for command, case command, select command, every arithmetic
              for command, and before the first command executes in a shell function  (see  SHELL
              GRAMMAR  above).   Refer  to  the  description  of the extdebug option to the shopt
              builtin for details of its effect on the DEBUG trap.  If a sigspec is ERR, the com-
              mand  arg is executed whenever a simple command has a non-zero exit status, subject
              to the following conditions.  The ERR trap is not executed if the failed command is
              part  of  the  command list immediately following a while or until keyword, part of
              the test in an if statement, part of a && or || list, or if  the  command's  return
              value is being inverted via !.  These are the same conditions obeyed by the errexit
              option.  If a sigspec is RETURN, the command arg is  executed  each  time  a  shell
              function  or  a  script  executed with the . or source builtins finishes executing.
              Signals ignored upon entry to the shell cannot be trapped or reset.   Trapped  sig-
              nals  that are not being ignored are reset to their original values in a child pro-
              cess when it is created.  The return status is false if  any  sigspec  is  invalid;
              otherwise trap returns true.

       type [-aftpP] name [name ...]
              With  no  options, indicate how each name would be interpreted if used as a command
              name.  If the -t option is used, type prints a string which is one of  alias,  key-
              word,  function,  builtin,  or file if name is an alias, shell reserved word, func-
              tion, builtin, or disk file, respectively.  If the name is not found, then  nothing
              is  printed,  and  an  exit status of false is returned.  If the -p option is used,
              type either returns the name of the disk file that would be executed if  name  were
              specified  as a command name, or nothing if ``type -t name'' would not return file.
              The -P option forces a PATH search for each name, even if ``type  -t  name''  would
              not  return  file.   If  a command is hashed, -p and -P print the hashed value, not
              necessarily the file that appears first in PATH.  If the -a option  is  used,  type
              prints  all  of  the  places  that contain an executable named name.  This includes
              aliases and functions, if and only if the -p option is not also used.  The table of
              hashed  commands  is  not  consulted when using -a.  The -f option suppresses shell
              function lookup, as with the command builtin.  type returns  true  if  any  of  the
              arguments are found, false if none are found.

       ulimit [-SHacdefilmnpqrstuvx [limit]]
              Provides control over the resources available to the shell and to processes started
              by it, on systems that allow such control.  The -H and -S options specify that  the
              hard or soft limit is set for the given resource.  A hard limit cannot be increased
              once it is set; a soft limit may be increased up to the value of  the  hard  limit.
              If  neither  -H  nor  -S  is specified, both the soft and hard limits are set.  The
              value of limit can be a number in the unit specified for the resource or one of the
              special  values  hard,  soft, or unlimited, which stand for the current hard limit,
              the current soft limit, and no limit, respectively.  If limit is omitted, the  cur-
              rent  value  of  the soft limit of the resource is printed, unless the -H option is
              given.  When more than one resource is specified,  the  limit  name  and  unit  are
              printed before the value.  Other options are interpreted as follows:
              -a     All current limits are reported
              -c     The maximum size of core files created
              -d     The maximum size of a process's data segment
              -e     The maximum scheduling priority ("nice")
              -f     The maximum size of files written by the shell and its children
              -i     The maximum number of pending signals
              -l     The maximum size that may be locked into memory
              -m     The maximum resident set size
              -n     The  maximum number of open file descriptors (most systems do not allow this
                     value to be set)
              -p     The pipe size in 512-byte blocks (this may not be set)
              -q     The maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues
              -r     The maximum real-time scheduling priority
              -s     The maximum stack size
              -t     The maximum amount of cpu time in seconds
              -u     The maximum number of processes available to a single user
              -v     The maximum amount of virtual memory available to the shell
              -x     The maximum number of file locks

              If limit is given, it is the new value of the specified resource (the -a option  is
              display only).  If no option is given, then -f is assumed.  Values are in 1024-byte
              increments, except for -t, which is in seconds, -p, which is in units  of  512-byte
              blocks, and -n and -u, which are unscaled values.  The return status is 0 unless an
              invalid option or argument is supplied, or an error  occurs  while  setting  a  new
              limit.

       umask [-p] [-S] [mode]
              The  user  file-creation  mask  is set to mode.  If mode begins with a digit, it is
              interpreted as an octal number; otherwise it is interpreted as a symbolic mode mask
              similar to that accepted by chmod(1).  If mode is omitted, the current value of the
              mask is printed.  The -S option causes the mask to be printed in symbolic form; the
              default output is an octal number.  If the -p option is supplied, and mode is omit-
              ted, the output is in a form that may be reused as input.  The return status  is  0
              if the mode was successfully changed or if no mode argument was supplied, and false
              otherwise.

       unalias [-a] [name ...]
              Remove each name from the list of defined aliases.  If -a is  supplied,  all  alias
              definitions  are removed.  The return value is true unless a supplied name is not a
              defined alias.

       unset [-fv] [name ...]
              For each name, remove the corresponding variable or function.  If  no  options  are
              supplied,  or  the -v option is given, each name refers to a shell variable.  Read-
              only variables may not be unset.  If -f is specified, each name refers to  a  shell
              function,  and the function definition is removed.  Each unset variable or function
              is removed from the environment passed to subsequent commands.  If any  of  RANDOM,
              SECONDS,  LINENO, HISTCMD, FUNCNAME, GROUPS, or DIRSTACK are unset, they lose their
              special properties, even if they are subsequently reset.  The exit status  is  true
              unless a name is readonly.

       wait [n ...]
              Wait for each specified process and return its termination status.  Each n may be a
              process ID or a job specification; if a job spec is given, all  processes  in  that
              job's  pipeline are waited for.  If n is not given, all currently active child pro-
              cesses are waited for, and the return status is zero.  If n specifies  a  non-exis-
              tent process or job, the return status is 127.  Otherwise, the return status is the
              exit status of the last process or job waited for.

SEE ALSO
       bash(1), sh(1)



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