Bash Shell Commands

Bash Shell Commands
The following table is a list of bash shell commands.

To see a list of linux commands, go to our linux commands page.
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The bash shell commands are all described on the same man page (man bash). Click on the to see the manual page for the bash shell. There is a lot of inforamtion in the 'man bash', so you may need to search the page to find which command you want.
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Click on the command name or the to see a description of the command.

Command
Description

alias Create an alias


break Exit from a loop


case Evaluate one of several scripts, depending on a given value


cd Change directory


command Run a command - ignoring shell functions


continue Resume the next iteration of a loop


declare Declare variables and give them attributes


dirs Display list of remembered directories


enable Enable and disable builtin shell commands


eval Evaluate several commands/arguments


exec Execute a command


exit Exit the shell


export Set an environment variable


for Expand words, and execute commands


hash Remember the full pathname of a name argument


history Command History


if Conditionally perform a command


let Perform arithmetic on shell variables


local Create variables


logout Exit a login shell


popd Restore the previous value of the current directory


pushd Save and then change the current directory


read read a line from standard input


readonly Mark variables/functions as readonly


return Exit a shell function


set Manipulate shell variables and functions


shift Shift positional parameters


shopt Shell Options


source Run commands from a file `.'


times User and system times


type Describe a command


ulimit Limit user resources


umask Users file creation mask


unalias Remove an alias


unset Remove variable or function names


until Execute commands (until error)


while Execute commands