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This text is a brief description of the features that are present in the Bash shell (version 4.3, 2 February 2014). The Bash home page is http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/.

这部分文字是当前Bash shell（版本4.3, 2014年2月）特性的一个简要描述。Bash的主页是http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/.

This is Edition 4.3, last updated 2 February 2014, of The GNU Bash Reference Manual, for Bash, Version 4.3.

此4.3版本更新于2014年2月，它的GNU Bash参考手册也是针对此4.3版本。

Bash contains features that appear in other popular shells, and some features that only appear in Bash. Some of the shells that Bash has borrowed concepts from are the Bourne Shell (sh), the Korn Shell (ksh), and the C-shell (csh and its successor, tcsh). The following menu breaks the features up into categories, noting which features were inspired by other shells and which are specific to Bash.

Bash所涵盖的一些特性也出现在其他流行的shells中。Bash的有些概念来自于其他的一些shells例如Bourne Shell（sh）、Korn Shell （ksh）以及C-shell（csh及其后继者，如tcsh）。The following menu breaks the features up into categories, noting which features were inspired by other shells and which are specific to Bash.

This manual is meant as a brief introduction to features found in Bash. The Bash manual page should be used as the definitive reference on shell behavior.