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diff --git a/shells/bash/pkg-descr b/shells/bash/pkg-descr index ad734fba0d65..03f1dc88912b 100644 --- a/shells/bash/pkg-descr +++ b/shells/bash/pkg-descr @@ -1,11 +1,7 @@ -Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne -Again SHell, an interactive shell with Bourne shell syntax (/bin/sh); +This is GNU Bash, version 3.0. Bash is the GNU Project's Bourne +Again SHell, a complete implementation of the POSIX.2 shell spec, but also with interactive command line editing, job control on -architectures that support it, Csh-like history features and brace -expansion, and a slew of other stuff. For more information on the -features of Bash that are new to this type of shell, see the file -`documentation/features.texi'. There is also a processed DVI file -there, as well as a large man page. +architectures that support it, csh-like features such as history +substitution and brace expansion, and a slew of other features. -WWW: http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ - http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html +WWW: http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/bash/bashtop.html |