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* Bash: (bash).                     The GNU Bourne-Again SHell.
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This text is a brief description of the features that are present in
the Bash shell.

This is Edition 2.5a, last updated 13 November 2001,
of `The GNU Bash Reference Manual',
for `Bash', Version 2.05a.

Copyright (C) 1991-2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
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