bash - The GNU Bourne Again shell

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 from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation of the IEEE POSIX Shell and Tools specification (IEEE Working Group 1003.2).
The Programmable Completion Code, by Ian Macdonald, is now found in the bash-completion package.

Original maintainer	Matthias Klose
Homepage	https://www.gnu.org/software/bash

Arch rolling

Fedora rawhide

Fedora 30

Manjaro rolling

Debian 10.0

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed

Ubuntu 19.04

Ubuntu 19.10

Fedora 29

Fedora 28

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Ubuntu 18.10

Debian 9.0

OpenSUSE Leap 15.0

OpenSUSE Leap 15.1

Ubuntu 17.10

Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya

Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia

OpenSUSE Leap 42.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

CentOS 7.6.1810

Distribution		Version	Since	Package	Installed	Packager
Arch rolling core/os	xz	5.0.007-1	Jun 17	1.5 MiB	8.03 MiB	Bartłomiej Piotrowski
CentOS 7.6.1810 os	rpm	4.2.46-31.el7	Jan 14	1010 kiB	3.5 MiB	CentOS BuildSystem
Debian 10.0 buster/main	deb	5.0-4	Jun 17	1.31 MiB	6.29 MiB	Matthias Klose
Debian 9.0 stretch/main	deb	4.4-5	2017-11-10	1.36 MiB	5.66 MiB	Matthias Klose
Fedora 28 releases/Everything-os	rpm	4.4.19-2.fc28	Jan 14	1.54 MiB	6.59 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 28 releases/Server-os	rpm	4.4.19-2.fc28	Jan 14	1.54 MiB	6.59 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 28 releases/Workstation-os	rpm	4.4.19-2.fc28	Jan 14	1.54 MiB	6.59 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases/Everything-os	rpm	4.4.23-5.fc29	Jan 14	1.49 MiB	6.58 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases/Server-os	rpm	4.4.23-5.fc29	Jan 14	1.49 MiB	6.58 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases/Workstation-os	rpm	4.4.23-5.fc29	Jan 14	1.49 MiB	6.58 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases-test/Everything-os	rpm	4.4.23-3.fc29	Jan 14	1.51 MiB	6.6 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases-test/Server-os	rpm	4.4.23-3.fc29	Jan 14	1.51 MiB	6.6 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 29 releases-test/Workstation-os	rpm	4.4.23-3.fc29	Jan 14	1.51 MiB	6.6 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 30 releases/Everything-os	rpm	5.0.2-1.fc30	Jun 17	1.61 MiB	7.5 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 30 releases/Server-os	rpm	5.0.2-1.fc30	Jun 17	1.61 MiB	7.5 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 30 releases/Workstation-os	rpm	5.0.2-1.fc30	Jun 17	1.61 MiB	7.5 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 30 releases-test/Server-os	rpm	5.0.2-1.fc30	Jun 17	1.61 MiB	7.5 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora 30 releases-test/Workstation-os	rpm	5.0.2-1.fc30	Jun 17	1.61 MiB	7.5 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os	rpm	5.0.7-1.fc31	Jun 21	1.62 MiB	7.51 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora rawhide development/Server-os	rpm	5.0.7-1.fc31	Jun 17	1.62 MiB	7.51 MiB	Fedora Project
Fedora rawhide development/Workstation-os	rpm	5.0.7-1.fc31	Jun 17	1.62 MiB	7.51 MiB	Fedora Project
Linux Mint 18.2 Sonya sonya/upstream	deb	4.3+linuxmint5	2017-11-10	1.13 MiB	5.03 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia sylvia/upstream	deb	4.3+linuxmint5	2017-11-10	1.13 MiB	5.03 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Manjaro rolling stable/core	xz	5.0.002-1	Apr 03	1.51 MiB	8.4 MiB	Bernhard Landauer
Manjaro rolling testing/core	xz	5.0.002-1	Apr 01	1.51 MiB	8.4 MiB	Bernhard Landauer
Manjaro rolling unstable/core	xz	5.0.002-1	Mar 26	1.51 MiB	8.4 MiB	Bernhard Landauer
OpenSUSE Leap 15.0 oss	rpm	4.4-lp150.7.8	Jan 17	555 kiB	1.06 MiB	https://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 15.0 update/oss	rpm	4.4-lp150.8.3.1	Jan 18	556 kiB	1.06 MiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 15.1 oss	rpm	4.4-lp151.9.49	Apr 09	519 kiB	1.06 MiB	https://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 oss	rpm	4.3-82.6	Jan 17	380 kiB	746 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 update/oss	rpm	4.3-83.9.1	Jan 21	383 kiB	746 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 update/oss	rpm	4.3-83.6.1	Jan 21	382 kiB	742 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 update/oss	rpm	4.3-83.3.1	Jan 21	381 kiB	742 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 update/oss	rpm	4.3-83.15.1	Apr 08	383 kiB	746 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Leap 42.3 update/oss	rpm	4.3-83.12.1	Jan 21	383 kiB	746 kiB	http://bugs.opensuse.org
OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss	rpm	5.0-7.4	0 - 10:46	558 kiB	1.12 MiB	https://bugs.opensuse.org
Ubuntu 17.10 artful/main	deb	4.4-5ubuntu1	2017-11-10	610 kiB	1.54 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic/main	deb	4.4.18-2ubuntu1	2018-06-12	600 kiB	1.55 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/main	deb	4.4.18-2ubuntu1.2	Jul 08	600 kiB	1.55 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic/main	deb	4.4.18-2ubuntu3	Jan 14	602 kiB	1.57 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic-proposed/main	deb	4.4.18-2ubuntu3.1	Jun 19	602 kiB	1.57 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 19.04 disco/main	deb	5.0-3ubuntu1	Apr 04	620 kiB	1.6 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 19.04 disco-updates/main	deb	5.0-3ubuntu1.1	Jun 17	621 kiB	1.6 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main	deb	5.0-4ubuntu1	Jun 17	621 kiB	1.6 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial/main	deb	4.3-14ubuntu1	2017-11-10	568 kiB	1.46 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-security/main	deb	4.3-14ubuntu1.4	0 - 12:25	569 kiB	1.46 MiB	Ubuntu Developers
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main	deb	4.3-14ubuntu1.4	0 - 11:40	569 kiB	1.46 MiB	Ubuntu Developers

Manual pages

bash(1)

bash - GNU Bourne-Again SHell

bashbug(1)

bashbug - report a bug in bash

builtins(1)

clear_console(1)

clear_console - clear the console

rbash(1)

rbash - restricted bash, see bash(1)

bash-builtins(7)

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

Latest updates

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss: Updated from 5.0-7.3 to 5.0-7.4

0 - 10:46

Add official patch bash50-004
- In bash-5.0, the `wait' builtin without arguments waits for all children of the shell. This includes children it `inherited' at shell invocation time. This patch modifies the behavior to not wait for these inherited children, some of which might be long-lived.
Add official patch bash50-005
- In certain cases, bash optimizes out a fork() call too early and prevents traps from running.
Add official patch bash50-006
- Bash-5.0 did not build successfully if SYSLOG_HISTORY was defined without also defining SYSLOG_SHOPT.
Add official patch bash50-007
- Running `exec' when job control was disabled, even temporarily, but after it had been initialized, could leave the terminal in the wrong process group for the executed process.

Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic-proposed/main: Version 4.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 reintroduced

0 - 12:40

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-security/main: Updated from 4.3-14ubuntu1.2 to 4.3-14ubuntu1.4

0 - 12:25

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS xenial-updates/main: Updated from 4.3-14ubuntu1.3 to 4.3-14ubuntu1.4

0 - 11:40

Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic-proposed/main: Version 4.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 removed

0 - 10:43

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-proposed/main: Version 4.4.18-2ubuntu1.2 removed

0 - 04:55

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-updates/main: Updated from 4.4.18-2ubuntu1.1 to 4.4.18-2ubuntu1.2

Jul 08

Fedora rawhide development/Everything-os: Updated from 5.0.2-1.fc30 to 5.0.7-1.fc31

Jun 21

Update to bash-5.0 patchlevel 7

Ubuntu 18.10 cosmic-proposed/main: Version 4.4.18-2ubuntu3.1 introduced

Jun 19

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS bionic-proposed/main: Version 4.4.18-2ubuntu1.2 introduced

Jun 19

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed oss: Updated from 5.0-5.1 to 5.0-7.3

Jun 17

Add official patch bash50-004
- In bash-5.0, the `wait' builtin without arguments waits for all children of the shell. This includes children it `inherited' at shell invocation time. This patch modifies the behavior to not wait for these inherited children, some of which might be long-lived.
Add official patch bash50-005
- In certain cases, bash optimizes out a fork() call too early and prevents traps from running.
Add official patch bash50-006
- Bash-5.0 did not build successfully if SYSLOG_HISTORY was defined without also defining SYSLOG_SHOPT.
Add official patch bash50-007
- Running `exec' when job control was disabled, even temporarily, but after it had been initialized, could leave the terminal in the wrong process group for the executed process.

Fedora 30 releases/Everything-os: Version 5.0.2-1.fc30 introduced

Jun 17

Rebase to bash 5.0
Resolves: #1675080

Fedora 30 releases-test/Workstation-os: Version 5.0.2-1.fc30 introduced

Jun 17

Rebase to bash 5.0
Resolves: #1675080

Fedora 30 releases-test/Server-os: Version 5.0.2-1.fc30 introduced

Jun 17

Rebase to bash 5.0
Resolves: #1675080

Fedora 30 releases/Workstation-os: Version 5.0.2-1.fc30 introduced

Jun 17

Rebase to bash 5.0
Resolves: #1675080

Fedora 30 releases/Server-os: Version 5.0.2-1.fc30 introduced

Jun 17

Rebase to bash 5.0
Resolves: #1675080

Ubuntu 19.10 eoan/main: Version 5.0-4ubuntu1 introduced

Jun 17

Fedora rawhide development/Workstation-os: Updated from 5.0.2-1.fc30 to 5.0.7-1.fc31

Jun 17

Update to bash-5.0 patchlevel 7

Fedora rawhide development/Server-os: Updated from 5.0.2-1.fc30 to 5.0.7-1.fc31

Jun 17

Update to bash-5.0 patchlevel 7

Arch rolling testing/os: Version 5.0.003-1 removed

Jun 17

Related packages

bash-32bit-debuginfo - Debug information for package bash

bash-argsparse - An high level argument parsing library for bash

bash-bats - Bash Automated Testing System

bash-bats-assert - Common assertions for Bats

bash-bats-support - Supporting library for Bats test helpers

bash-builtins - Bash loadable builtins - headers & examples

bash-completion - programmable completion for the bash shell

bash-completion-devel - The Configuration of Programmable Completion for Bash

bash-completion-doc - The Documentation of Programmable Completion for Bash

bash-debuginfo - Debug information for package bash

bash-debuginfo-32bit - Debug information for package bash

bash-debugsource - Debug sources for package bash

bash-devel - Include Files mandatory for Development of bash loadable builtins

bash-doc - Documentation and examples for the GNU Bourne Again SHell

bash-lang - Translations for package bash

bash-language-server - Bash language server implementation based on Tree Sitter and its grammar for Bash

bash-loadables - Loadable bash builtins

bash-loadables-debuginfo - Debug information for package bash-loadables

bash-static - GNU Bourne Again SHell (static version)