Interpreter

Configuration files

• ~/.profile

• ~/.bashrc

• ~/.bash_logout

• /etc/bashrc

Locale

• $LANG

• /etc/locale

Autocompletion

New lines

• “\n”

#!/bin/bash

• A.K.A shebang or hashbang

• Interpretes script as /bin/bash source code

bash -x

• shows execution steps

Comments

• # at the beginning of the line

Inline comments

• # in the middle of the line