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## What is Bash?
<a>Bash</a> (short for Bourne Again SHell) is a Unix shell, and a command language interpreter. A shell is simply a macro processor that executes commands. It's the most widely used shell packaged by default for most Linux distributions, and a successor for the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh).
<a>Bash</a> (short for Bourne Again SHell) is a Unix shell, and a command language interpreter. A shell is simply a macro processor that executes commands. It's the most widely used shell packaged by default for most Linux distributions, and a successor to the Korn shell (ksh) and the C shell (csh).
Many of the things that can be done in Linux via the graphical interface (GUI) can be done via command line. Some examples are:
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You can read more about bash <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/">here</a>, via the <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/index.html#SEC_Contents">GNU Documentation</a>, and via the <a href="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html#toc10">tldp guide</a>.
## Using bash on the command line (Linux, OS X)
## Using bash in the command line (Linux, OS X)
You can start using bash on most Linux and OS X operating systems by opening up a terminal. Let's consider a simple hello world example. Open up your terminal, and write the following line (everything after the $ sign):