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BASH(1)                                                                BASH(1)



N\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
       bash - GNU Bourne-Again SHell

S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
       b\bba\bas\bsh\bh [options] [file]

C\bCO\bOP\bPY\bYR\bRI\bIG\bGH\bHT\bT
       Bash is Copyright (C) 1989-2010 by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.

D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  is  an  s\bsh\bh-compatible  command language interpreter that executes
       commands read from the standard input or from a file.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh also incor-
       porates useful features from the _\bK_\bo_\br_\bn and _\bC shells (k\bks\bsh\bh and c\bcs\bsh\bh).

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  is  intended  to  be a conformant implementation of the Shell and
       Utilities portion  of  the  IEEE  POSIX  specification  (IEEE  Standard
       1003.1).  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh can be configured to be POSIX-conformant by default.

O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS
       All  of  the  single-character shell options documented in the descrip-
       tion of the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command can be used as options when  the  shell
       is invoked.  In addition, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh interprets the following options when it
       is invoked:

       -\b-c\bc _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg If the -\b-c\bc option is present,  then  commands  are  read  from
                 _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.   If  there  are arguments after the _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg, they are
                 assigned to the positional parameters, starting with $\b$0\b0.
       -\b-i\bi        If the -\b-i\bi option is present, the shell is _\bi_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bv_\be.
       -\b-l\bl        Make b\bba\bas\bsh\bh act as if it had been invoked as a login shell (see
                 I\bIN\bNV\bVO\bOC\bCA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below).
       -\b-r\br        If  the  -\b-r\br  option  is present, the shell becomes _\br_\be_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bc_\bt_\be_\bd
                 (see R\bRE\bES\bST\bTR\bRI\bIC\bCT\bTE\bED\bD S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL below).
       -\b-s\bs        If the -\b-s\bs option is present, or if no arguments remain  after
                 option  processing,  then commands are read from the standard
                 input.  This option allows the positional  parameters  to  be
                 set when invoking an interactive shell.
       -\b-D\bD        A  list of all double-quoted strings preceded by $\b$ is printed
                 on the standard output.  These are the strings that are  sub-
                 ject to language translation when the current locale is not C\bC
                 or P\bPO\bOS\bSI\bIX\bX.  This implies the -\b-n\bn option; no  commands  will  be
                 executed.
       [\b[-\b-+\b+]\b]O\bO [\b[_\bs_\bh_\bo_\bp_\bt_\b__\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn]\b]
                 _\bs_\bh_\bo_\bp_\bt_\b__\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn  is  one  of  the  shell options accepted by the
                 s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt  builtin  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS  below).    If
                 _\bs_\bh_\bo_\bp_\bt_\b__\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn is present, -\b-O\bO sets the value of that option; +\b+O\bO
                 unsets it.  If _\bs_\bh_\bo_\bp_\bt_\b__\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn is not supplied,  the  names  and
                 values  of the shell options accepted by s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt are printed on
                 the standard output.  If the invocation  option  is  +\b+O\bO,  the
                 output  is displayed in a format that may be reused as input.
       -\b--\b-        A -\b--\b- signals the end of options and disables  further  option
                 processing.   Any arguments after the -\b--\b- are treated as file-
                 names and arguments.  An argument of -\b- is equivalent to -\b--\b-.

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh also  interprets  a  number  of  multi-character  options.   These
       options  must  appear  on  the command line before the single-character
       options to be recognized.

       -\b--\b-d\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bgg\bge\ber\br
              Arrange for the debugger profile to be executed before the shell
              starts.   Turns  on extended debugging mode (see the description
              of the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg option to the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin below).
       -\b--\b-d\bdu\bum\bmp\bp-\b-p\bpo\bo-\b-s\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bgs\bs
              Equivalent to -\b-D\bD, but the output is in the GNU _\bg_\be_\bt_\bt_\be_\bx_\bt p\bpo\bo  (por-
              table object) file format.
       -\b--\b-d\bdu\bum\bmp\bp-\b-s\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bgs\bs
              Equivalent to -\b-D\bD.
       -\b--\b-h\bhe\bel\blp\bp Display  a  usage  message  on standard output and exit success-
              fully.
       -\b--\b-i\bin\bni\bit\bt-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\be _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
       -\b--\b-r\brc\bcf\bfi\bil\ble\be _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              Execute commands from _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be instead of the standard personal ini-
              tialization  file  _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc  if  the  shell is interactive (see
              I\bIN\bNV\bVO\bOC\bCA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below).

       -\b--\b-l\blo\bog\bgi\bin\bn
              Equivalent to -\b-l\bl.

       -\b--\b-n\bno\boe\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg
              Do not use the GNU r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be library to read command  lines  when
              the shell is interactive.

       -\b--\b-n\bno\bop\bpr\bro\bof\bfi\bil\ble\be
              Do  not read either the system-wide startup file _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be or
              any  of  the  personal  initialization  files   _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be,
              _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bl_\bo_\bg_\bi_\bn,  or  _\b~_\b/_\b._\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be.   By  default,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reads these
              files when it is  invoked  as  a  login  shell  (see  I\bIN\bNV\bVO\bOC\bCA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
              below).

       -\b--\b-n\bno\bor\brc\bc Do  not  read  and  execute  the  personal  initialization  file
              _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc if the shell is interactive.  This  option  is  on  by
              default if the shell is invoked as s\bsh\bh.

       -\b--\b-p\bpo\bos\bsi\bix\bx
              Change  the behavior of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh where the default operation differs
              from the POSIX standard to match the standard (_\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be).

       -\b--\b-r\bre\bes\bst\btr\bri\bic\bct\bte\bed\bd
              The shell becomes restricted (see R\bRE\bES\bST\bTR\bRI\bIC\bCT\bTE\bED\bD S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL below).

       -\b--\b-v\bve\ber\brb\bbo\bos\bse\be
              Equivalent to  -\b-v\bv.

       -\b--\b-v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn
              Show version information for this instance of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh on the  stan-
              dard output and exit successfully.

A\bAR\bRG\bGU\bUM\bME\bEN\bNT\bTS\bS
       If arguments remain after option processing, and neither the -\b-c\bc nor the
       -\b-s\bs option has been supplied, the first argument is assumed  to  be  the
       name  of  a file containing shell commands.  If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is invoked in this
       fashion, $\b$0\b0 is set to the name of the file, and the positional  parame-
       ters  are set to the remaining arguments.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh reads and executes com-
       mands from this file, then exits.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh's exit status is the exit  sta-
       tus  of  the  last  command executed in the script.  If no commands are
       executed, the exit status is 0.  An attempt is first made to  open  the
       file in the current directory, and, if no file is found, then the shell
       searches the directories in P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH for the script.

I\bIN\bNV\bVO\bOC\bCA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       A _\bl_\bo_\bg_\bi_\bn _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl is one whose first character of argument zero is a -\b-,  or
       one started with the -\b--\b-l\blo\bog\bgi\bin\bn option.

       An  _\bi_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bv_\be  shell  is one started without non-option arguments and
       without the -\b-c\bc option whose standard input and error are both connected
       to  terminals  (as determined by _\bi_\bs_\ba_\bt_\bt_\by(3)), or one started with the -\b-i\bi
       option.  P\bPS\bS1\b1 is set and $\b$-\b- includes i\bi if b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is interactive,  allowing
       a shell script or a startup file to test this state.

       The  following paragraphs describe how b\bba\bas\bsh\bh executes its startup files.
       If any of the files exist but cannot be read, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  reports  an  error.
       Tildes are expanded in file names as described below under T\bTi\bil\bld\bde\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bn-\b-
       s\bsi\bio\bon\bn in the E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN section.

       When b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is invoked as an interactive login shell, or as a  non-inter-
       active  shell with the -\b--\b-l\blo\bog\bgi\bin\bn option, it first reads and executes com-
       mands from the file _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be, if that file exists.   After  reading
       that file, it looks for _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be, _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bl_\bo_\bg_\bi_\bn, and _\b~_\b/_\b._\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be,
       in that order, and reads and executes commands from the first one  that
       exists  and  is  readable.  The -\b--\b-n\bno\bop\bpr\bro\bof\bfi\bil\ble\be option may be used when the
       shell is started to inhibit this behavior.

       When a login shell exits, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reads and  executes  commands  from  the
       file _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bl_\bo_\bg_\bo_\bu_\bt, if it exists.

       When  an  interactive  shell that is not a login shell is started, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       reads and executes commands from _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc, if that file exists.   This
       may  be inhibited by using the -\b--\b-n\bno\bor\brc\bc option.  The -\b--\b-r\brc\bcf\bfi\bil\ble\be _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be option
       will force b\bba\bas\bsh\bh to read and  execute  commands  from  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be  instead  of
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc.

       When  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  is  started  non-interactively,  to run a shell script, for
       example, it looks for the variable B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV in the environment, expands
       its  value if it appears there, and uses the expanded value as the name
       of a file to read and execute.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh behaves as if the  following  com-
       mand were executed:
              if [ -n "$BASH_ENV" ]; then . "$BASH_ENV"; fi
       but  the  value of the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH variable is not used to search for the file
       name.

       If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is invoked with the name s\bsh\bh, it  tries  to  mimic  the  startup
       behavior  of  historical  versions  of s\bsh\bh as closely as possible, while
       conforming to the POSIX standard as well.  When invoked as an  interac-
       tive  login  shell, or a non-interactive shell with the -\b--\b-l\blo\bog\bgi\bin\bn option,
       it first attempts to read and execute commands  from  _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be  and
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be,  in  that  order.   The  -\b--\b-n\bno\bop\bpr\bro\bof\bfi\bil\ble\be  option may be used to
       inhibit this behavior.  When invoked as an interactive shell  with  the
       name  s\bsh\bh,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  looks for the variable E\bEN\bNV\bV, expands its value if it is
       defined, and uses the expanded value as the name of a file to read  and
       execute.  Since a shell invoked as s\bsh\bh does not attempt to read and exe-
       cute commands from any other startup files, the -\b--\b-r\brc\bcf\bfi\bil\ble\be option has  no
       effect.   A  non-interactive  shell  invoked  with the name s\bsh\bh does not
       attempt to read any other startup files.   When  invoked  as  s\bsh\bh,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       enters _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx mode after the startup files are read.

       When  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  is  started in _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx mode, as with the -\b--\b-p\bpo\bos\bsi\bix\bx command line
       option, it follows the POSIX standard for startup files.  In this mode,
       interactive  shells  expand  the E\bEN\bNV\bV variable and commands are read and
       executed from the file whose name is  the  expanded  value.   No  other
       startup files are read.

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh attempts to determine when it is being run with its standard input
       connected to a network connection, as when executed by the remote shell
       daemon,  usually _\br_\bs_\bh_\bd, or the secure shell daemon _\bs_\bs_\bh_\bd.  If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh deter-
       mines it is being run in this fashion, it reads and  executes  commands
       from  _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc,  if  that file exists and is readable.  It will not do
       this if invoked as s\bsh\bh.  The -\b--\b-n\bno\bor\brc\bc option may be used to  inhibit  this
       behavior,  and the -\b--\b-r\brc\bcf\bfi\bil\ble\be option may be used to force another file to
       be read, but _\br_\bs_\bh_\bd does  not  generally  invoke  the  shell  with  those
       options or allow them to be specified.

       If the shell is started with the effective user (group) id not equal to
       the real user (group) id, and the -\b-p\bp option is not supplied, no startup
       files are read, shell functions are not inherited from the environment,
       the S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bLO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS, B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bHO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS, C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH,  and  G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE  variables,  if  they
       appear  in  the  environment, are ignored, and the effective user id is
       set to the real user id.  If the -\b-p\bp option is supplied  at  invocation,
       the  startup  behavior  is  the  same, but the effective user id is not
       reset.

D\bDE\bEF\bFI\bIN\bNI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS
       The following definitions are used throughout the rest  of  this  docu-
       ment.
       b\bbl\bla\ban\bnk\bk  A space or tab.
       w\bwo\bor\brd\bd   A  sequence  of  characters  considered  as a single unit by the
              shell.  Also known as a t\bto\bok\bke\ben\bn.
       n\bna\bam\bme\be   A _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd consisting only of  alphanumeric  characters  and  under-
              scores,  and beginning with an alphabetic character or an under-
              score.  Also referred to as an i\bid\bde\ben\bnt\bti\bif\bfi\bie\ber\br.
       m\bme\bet\bta\bac\bch\bha\bar\bra\bac\bct\bte\ber\br
              A character that, when unquoted, separates words.   One  of  the
              following:
              |\b|  &\b& ;\b; (\b( )\b) <\b< >\b> s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be t\bta\bab\bb
       c\bco\bon\bnt\btr\bro\bol\bl o\bop\bpe\ber\bra\bat\bto\bor\br
              A _\bt_\bo_\bk_\be_\bn that performs a control function.  It is one of the fol-
              lowing symbols:
              |\b||\b| &\b& &\b&&\b& ;\b; ;\b;;\b; (\b( )\b) |\b| |\b|&\b& <\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b>

R\bRE\bES\bSE\bER\bRV\bVE\bED\bD W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDS\bS
       _\bR_\be_\bs_\be_\br_\bv_\be_\bd _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bs are words that have a special meaning to the shell.  The
       following words are recognized as reserved when unquoted and either the
       first word of a simple command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR below) or  the  third
       word of a c\bca\bas\bse\be or f\bfo\bor\br command:

       !\b!  c\bca\bas\bse\be  d\bdo\bo d\bdo\bon\bne\be e\bel\bli\bif\bf e\bel\bls\bse\be e\bes\bsa\bac\bc f\bfi\bi f\bfo\bor\br f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn i\bif\bf i\bin\bn s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt t\bth\bhe\ben\bn u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl
       w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be {\b{ }\b} t\bti\bim\bme\be [\b[[\b[ ]\b]]\b]

S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR
   S\bSi\bim\bmp\bpl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs
       A _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is a sequence of optional  variable  assignments  fol-
       lowed  by  b\bbl\bla\ban\bnk\bk-separated  words and redirections, and terminated by a
       _\bc_\bo_\bn_\bt_\br_\bo_\bl _\bo_\bp_\be_\br_\ba_\bt_\bo_\br.  The first word specifies the command to be executed,
       and  is  passed  as  argument  zero.  The remaining words are passed as
       arguments to the invoked command.

       The return value of a _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is its exit status,  or  128+_\bn  if
       the command is terminated by signal _\bn.

   P\bPi\bip\bpe\bel\bli\bin\bne\bes\bs
       A  _\bp_\bi_\bp_\be_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be  is  a sequence of one or more commands separated by one of
       the control operators |\b| or |\b|&\b&.  The format for a pipeline is:

              [t\bti\bim\bme\be [-\b-p\bp]] [ ! ] _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [ [|\b|||\b|&\b&] _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2 ... ]

       The standard output of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is connected via a pipe to the  standard
       input  of  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2.   This connection is performed before any redirec-
       tions specified by the command (see R\bRE\bED\bDI\bIR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below).  If |\b|&\b& is used,
       the standard error of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is connected to _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2's standard input
       through the pipe; it is shorthand for 2\b2>\b>&\b&1\b1 |\b|.  This implicit  redirect-
       ion of the standard error is performed after any redirections specified
       by the command.

       The return status of a pipeline is the exit status of the last command,
       unless  the  p\bpi\bip\bpe\bef\bfa\bai\bil\bl  option  is enabled.  If p\bpi\bip\bpe\bef\bfa\bai\bil\bl is enabled, the
       pipeline's return status is the value of the last  (rightmost)  command
       to  exit  with a non-zero status, or zero if all commands exit success-
       fully.  If the reserved word !\b!  precedes a pipeline, the exit status of
       that  pipeline  is the logical negation of the exit status as described
       above.  The shell waits for all commands in the pipeline  to  terminate
       before returning a value.

       If  the  t\bti\bim\bme\be reserved word precedes a pipeline, the elapsed as well as
       user and system time consumed by its execution are  reported  when  the
       pipeline  terminates.   The -\b-p\bp option changes the output format to that
       specified by POSIX.  When the shell is in _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be, it does not  rec-
       ognize  t\bti\bim\bme\be  as  a  reserved word if the next token begins with a `-'.
       The T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT variable may be set to a format  string  that  specifies
       how  the timing information should be displayed; see the description of
       T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT under S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs below.

       When the shell is in _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be, t\bti\bim\bme\be may be followed by a newline.  In
       this  case,  the shell displays the total user and system time consumed
       by the shell and its children.  The T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT variable may be used  to
       specify the format of the time information.

       Each  command in a pipeline is executed as a separate process (i.e., in
       a subshell).

   L\bLi\bis\bst\bts\bs
       A _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is a sequence of one or more pipelines separated by one  of  the
       operators ;\b;, &\b&, &\b&&\b&, or |\b||\b|, and optionally terminated by one of ;\b;, &\b&, or
       <\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b>.

       Of these list operators, &\b&&\b& and |\b||\b| have equal precedence, followed by ;\b;
       and &\b&, which have equal precedence.

       A  sequence  of  one or more newlines may appear in a _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt instead of a
       semicolon to delimit commands.

       If a command is terminated by the control operator &\b&,  the  shell  exe-
       cutes  the command in the _\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk_\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd in a subshell.  The shell does not
       wait for the command to finish, and the return status is  0.   Commands
       separated  by  a  ;\b; are executed sequentially; the shell waits for each
       command to terminate in turn.  The return status is the exit status  of
       the last command executed.

       AND  and  OR  lists are sequences of one of more pipelines separated by
       the &\b&&\b& and |\b||\b| control operators, respectively.  AND and  OR  lists  are
       executed with left associativity.  An AND list has the form

              _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b1 &\b&&\b& _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2

       _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2  is  executed if, and only if, _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b1 returns an exit status
       of zero.

       An OR list has the form

              _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b1 |\b||\b| _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2


       _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b2 is executed if and only if _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd_\b1 returns  a  non-zero  exit
       status.   The  return  status of AND and OR lists is the exit status of
       the last command executed in the list.

   C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpo\bou\bun\bnd\bd C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs
       A _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is one of the following:

       (_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt) _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed in a subshell environment (see  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD  E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bU-\b-
              T\bTI\bIO\bON\bN  E\bEN\bNV\bVI\bIR\bRO\bON\bNM\bME\bEN\bNT\bT below).  Variable assignments and builtin com-
              mands that affect the  shell's  environment  do  not  remain  in
              effect  after  the  command completes.  The return status is the
              exit status of _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.

       { _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt; }
              _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is simply executed in the current shell environment.   _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt
              must  be  terminated with a newline or semicolon.  This is known
              as a _\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bp _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.  The return status is  the  exit  status  of
              _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.   Note that unlike the metacharacters (\b( and )\b), {\b{ and }\b} are
              _\br_\be_\bs_\be_\br_\bv_\be_\bd _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bs and must occur where a reserved word is permitted
              to  be  recognized.   Since they do not cause a word break, they
              must be separated from  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt  by  whitespace  or  another  shell
              metacharacter.

       ((_\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn))
              The  _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn  is  evaluated  according to the rules described
              below under A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN.  If the value of the  expres-
              sion  is  non-zero, the return status is 0; otherwise the return
              status is 1.  This is exactly equivalent to l\ble\bet\bt "\b"_\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn"\b".

       [\b[[\b[ _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn ]\b]]\b]
              Return a status of 0 or 1 depending on  the  evaluation  of  the
              conditional  expression _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn.  Expressions are composed of
              the primaries described  below  under  C\bCO\bON\bND\bDI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNA\bAL\bL  E\bEX\bXP\bPR\bRE\bES\bSS\bSI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS.
              Word  splitting  and pathname expansion are not performed on the
              words between the [\b[[\b[ and  ]\b]]\b];  tilde  expansion,  parameter  and
              variable  expansion, arithmetic expansion, command substitution,
              process substitution, and quote removal are  performed.   Condi-
              tional operators such as -\b-f\bf must be unquoted to be recognized as
              primaries.

              When used with [\b[[\b[, the <\b< and >\b> operators sort  lexicographically
              using the current locale.

              When  the  =\b==\b= and !\b!=\b= operators are used, the string to the right
              of the operator is considered a pattern and matched according to
              the  rules described below under P\bPa\bat\btt\bte\ber\brn\bn M\bMa\bat\btc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg.  If the shell
              option n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\bem\bma\bat\btc\bch\bh is enabled, the match  is  performed  without
              regard  to  the case of alphabetic characters.  The return value
              is 0 if the string matches (=\b==\b=) or does not match (!\b!=\b=) the  pat-
              tern, and 1 otherwise.  Any part of the pattern may be quoted to
              force it to be matched as a string.

              An additional binary operator, =\b=~\b~, is available, with  the  same
              precedence  as  =\b==\b=  and  !\b!=\b=.  When it is used, the string to the
              right of the operator is considered an extended regular  expres-
              sion and matched accordingly (as in _\br_\be_\bg_\be_\bx(3)).  The return value
              is 0 if the string matches the pattern, and 1 otherwise.  If the
              regular  expression  is syntactically incorrect, the conditional
              expression's return value is 2.  If the shell option n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\bem\bma\bat\btc\bch\bh
              is enabled, the match is performed without regard to the case of
              alphabetic characters.  Any part of the pattern may be quoted to
              force  it  to  be  matched  as  a string.  Substrings matched by
              parenthesized subexpressions within the regular  expression  are
              saved  in  the  array  variable  B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_R\bRE\bEM\bMA\bAT\bTC\bCH\bH.   The  element of
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_R\bRE\bEM\bMA\bAT\bTC\bCH\bH with index 0 is the portion of the string  matching
              the entire regular expression.  The element of B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_R\bRE\bEM\bMA\bAT\bTC\bCH\bH with
              index _\bn is the portion of the string matching the _\bnth  parenthe-
              sized subexpression.

              Expressions  may  be  combined  using  the  following operators,
              listed in decreasing order of precedence:

              (\b( _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn )\b)
                     Returns the value of _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn.  This  may  be  used  to
                     override the normal precedence of operators.
              !\b! _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn
                     True if _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn is false.
              _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b1 &\b&&\b& _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b2
                     True if both _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b1 and _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b2 are true.
              _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b1 |\b||\b| _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b2
                     True if either _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b1 or _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b2 is true.

              The &\b&&\b& and |\b||\b| operators do not evaluate _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b2 if the value
              of _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b1 is sufficient to determine the  return  value  of
              the entire conditional expression.

       f\bfo\bor\br _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [ [ i\bin\bn [ _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd _\b._\b._\b. ] ] ; ] d\bdo\bo _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt ; d\bdo\bon\bne\be
              The list of words following i\bin\bn is expanded, generating a list of
              items.  The variable _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is set to each element of this list in
              turn,  and  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed each time.  If the i\bin\bn _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is omit-
              ted, the f\bfo\bor\br command executes  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt  once  for  each  positional
              parameter that is set (see P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS below).  The return status
              is the exit status of the last command that  executes.   If  the
              expansion of the items following i\bin\bn results in an empty list, no
              commands are executed, and the return status is 0.

       f\bfo\bor\br (( _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 ; _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2 ; _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b3 )) ; d\bdo\bo _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt ; d\bdo\bon\bne\be
              First, the arithmetic expression _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 is evaluated according to
              the  rules  described  below  under  A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN.  The
              arithmetic expression _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2 is then evaluated  repeatedly  until
              it  evaluates  to zero.  Each time _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2 evaluates to a non-zero
              value, _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed and the arithmetic expression  _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b3  is
              evaluated.   If  any  expression is omitted, it behaves as if it
              evaluates to 1.  The return value is the exit status of the last
              command in _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt that is executed, or false if any of the expres-
              sions is invalid.

       s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [ i\bin\bn _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd ] ; d\bdo\bo _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt ; d\bdo\bon\bne\be
              The list of words following i\bin\bn is expanded, generating a list of
              items.   The  set  of  expanded words is printed on the standard
              error, each preceded by a number.  If the i\bin\bn  _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd  is  omitted,
              the  positional  parameters  are printed (see P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS below).
              The P\bPS\bS3\b3 prompt is then displayed and a line read from the  stan-
              dard  input.   If the line consists of a number corresponding to
              one of the displayed words, then the value of  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  set  to
              that  word.  If the line is empty, the words and prompt are dis-
              played again.  If EOF is read, the command completes.  Any other
              value  read  causes  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  to  be set to null.  The line read is
              saved in the variable R\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY.  The _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is  executed  after  each
              selection until a b\bbr\bre\bea\bak\bk command is executed.  The exit status of
              s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt is the exit status of the last command executed in  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt,
              or zero if no commands were executed.

       c\bca\bas\bse\be _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd i\bin\bn [ [(] _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn [ |\b| _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn ] ... ) _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt ;; ] ... e\bes\bsa\bac\bc
              A c\bca\bas\bse\be command first expands _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd, and tries to match it against
              each _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn in turn, using the same matching rules as for path-
              name  expansion  (see  P\bPa\bat\bth\bhn\bna\bam\bme\be  E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn  below).  The _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is
              expanded using tilde expansion, parameter  and  variable  expan-
              sion,  arithmetic  substitution,  command  substitution, process
              substitution  and  quote  removal.   Each  _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn  examined  is
              expanded  using  tilde  expansion, parameter and variable expan-
              sion, arithmetic substitution, command substitution, and process
              substitution.   If  the shell option n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\bem\bma\bat\btc\bch\bh is enabled, the
              match is performed without regard  to  the  case  of  alphabetic
              characters.   When  a  match is found, the corresponding _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is
              executed.  If the ;\b;;\b; operator is used, no subsequent matches are
              attempted  after  the first pattern match.  Using ;\b;&\b& in place of
              ;\b;;\b; causes execution to continue with the  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt  associated  with
              the  next  set of patterns.  Using ;\b;;\b;&\b& in place of ;\b;;\b; causes the
              shell to test the next pattern list in the  statement,  if  any,
              and execute any associated _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt on a successful match.  The exit
              status is zero if no pattern matches.  Otherwise, it is the exit
              status of the last command executed in _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.

       i\bif\bf _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt; t\bth\bhe\ben\bn _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b; [ e\bel\bli\bif\bf _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt; t\bth\bhe\ben\bn _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt; ] ... [ e\bel\bls\bse\be _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt; ] f\bfi\bi
              The  i\bif\bf  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed.  If its exit status is zero, the t\bth\bhe\ben\bn
              _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed.  Otherwise, each  e\bel\bli\bif\bf  _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt  is  executed  in
              turn,  and  if  its  exit status is zero, the corresponding t\bth\bhe\ben\bn
              _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is executed and the command completes.  Otherwise, the e\bel\bls\bse\be
              _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt  is executed, if present.  The exit status is the exit sta-
              tus of the last command executed, or zero if no condition tested
              true.

       w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b1; d\bdo\bo _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b2; d\bdo\bon\bne\be
       u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b1; d\bdo\bo _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b2; d\bdo\bon\bne\be
              The  w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be command continuously executes the list _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b2 as long
              as the last command in the list _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b1 returns an exit status of
              zero.   The  u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl  command  is  identical to the w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be command,
              except that the test is negated; _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b2 is executed as  long  as
              the  last command in _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b1 returns a non-zero exit status.  The
              exit status of the w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be and u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl commands is the  exit  status
              of the last command executed in _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt_\b-_\b2, or zero if none was exe-
              cuted.

   C\bCo\bop\bpr\bro\boc\bce\bes\bss\bse\bes\bs
       A _\bc_\bo_\bp_\br_\bo_\bc_\be_\bs_\bs is a shell command preceded by the c\bco\bop\bpr\bro\boc\bc reserved word.  A
       coprocess  is  executed asynchronously in a subshell, as if the command
       had been terminated with the &\b& control operator, with  a  two-way  pipe
       established between the executing shell and the coprocess.

       The format for a coprocess is:

              c\bco\bop\bpr\bro\boc\bc [_\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE] _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [_\br_\be_\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\bs]

       This  creates  a  coprocess  named  _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE.  If _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE is not supplied, the
       default name is _\bC_\bO_\bP_\bR_\bO_\bC.  _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE must not be supplied if _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is a _\bs_\bi_\bm_\b-
       _\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd (see above); otherwise, it is interpreted as the first word
       of the simple command.  When the coproc is executed, the shell  creates
       an  array  variable (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) named _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE in the context of the
       executing shell.  The standard output of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  is  connected  via  a
       pipe  to  a  file  descriptor  in  the  executing  shell, and that file
       descriptor is assigned to _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE[0].  The standard input  of  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  is
       connected  via  a pipe to a file descriptor in the executing shell, and
       that file descriptor is assigned to _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE[1].  This pipe is  established
       before  any  redirections  specified  by  the  command (see R\bRE\bED\bDI\bIR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       below).  The file descriptors can be utilized  as  arguments  to  shell
       commands  and redirections using standard word expansions.  The process
       ID of the shell spawned to execute the coprocess is  available  as  the
       value  of  the variable _\bN_\bA_\bM_\bE_PID.  The w\bwa\bai\bit\bt builtin command may be used
       to wait for the coprocess to terminate.

       The return status of a coprocess is the exit status of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.

   S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl F\bFu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn D\bDe\bef\bfi\bin\bni\bit\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs
       A shell function is an object that is called like a simple command  and
       executes  a  compound  command with a new set of positional parameters.
       Shell functions are declared as follows:

       _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be () _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [_\br_\be_\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn]
       f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [()] _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [_\br_\be_\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn]
              This defines a function named _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  The reserved word  f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn
              is  optional.   If  the  f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn reserved word is supplied, the
              parentheses are optional.  The _\bb_\bo_\bd_\by of the function is the  com-
              pound  command  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  (see C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpo\bou\bun\bnd\bd C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs above).
              That command is usually a _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt of commands between { and },  but
              may  be  any command listed under C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpo\bou\bun\bnd\bd C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs above.  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\b-
              _\bp_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is executed whenever _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is specified as the name
              of  a  simple command.  Any redirections (see R\bRE\bED\bDI\bIR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below)
              specified when a function is  defined  are  performed  when  the
              function  is executed.  The exit status of a function definition
              is zero unless a syntax error occurs or a readonly function with
              the same name already exists.  When executed, the exit status of
              a function is the exit status of the last  command  executed  in
              the body.  (See F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS below.)

C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bME\bEN\bNT\bTS\bS
       In a non-interactive shell, or an interactive shell in which the i\bin\bnt\bte\ber\br-\b-
       a\bac\bct\bti\biv\bve\be_\b_c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs option to the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt  builtin  is  enabled  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS  below), a word beginning with #\b# causes that word and
       all remaining characters on that line to be  ignored.   An  interactive
       shell  without  the  i\bin\bnt\bte\ber\bra\bac\bct\bti\biv\bve\be_\b_c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs option enabled does not allow
       comments.  The i\bin\bnt\bte\ber\bra\bac\bct\bti\biv\bve\be_\b_c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs option is on by default in interac-
       tive shells.

Q\bQU\bUO\bOT\bTI\bIN\bNG\bG
       _\bQ_\bu_\bo_\bt_\bi_\bn_\bg  is used to remove the special meaning of certain characters or
       words to the shell.  Quoting can be used to disable  special  treatment
       for special characters, to prevent reserved words from being recognized
       as such, and to prevent parameter expansion.

       Each of the _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br_\bs listed above under D\bDE\bEF\bFI\bIN\bNI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS  has  special
       meaning to the shell and must be quoted if it is to represent itself.

       When  the command history expansion facilities are being used (see H\bHI\bIS\bS-\b-
       T\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below), the _\bh_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn character, usually !\b!, must
       be quoted to prevent history expansion.

       There  are  three  quoting  mechanisms:  the  _\be_\bs_\bc_\ba_\bp_\be  _\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br, single
       quotes, and double quotes.

       A non-quoted backslash (\\b\) is the _\be_\bs_\bc_\ba_\bp_\be _\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br.  It  preserves  the
       literal value of the next character that follows, with the exception of
       <newline>.  If a \\b\<newline> pair appears,  and  the  backslash  is  not
       itself  quoted,  the \\b\<newline> is treated as a line continuation (that
       is, it is removed from the input stream and effectively ignored).

       Enclosing characters in single quotes preserves the  literal  value  of
       each character within the quotes.  A single quote may not occur between
       single quotes, even when preceded by a backslash.

       Enclosing characters in double quotes preserves the  literal  value  of
       all  characters  within the quotes, with the exception of $\b$, `\b`, \\b\, and,
       when history expansion is enabled, !\b!.  The characters $\b$  and  `\b`  retain
       their  special meaning within double quotes.  The backslash retains its
       special meaning only when followed by one of the following  characters:
       $\b$,  `\b`,  "\b", \\b\, or <\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b>.  A double quote may be quoted within double
       quotes by preceding it with a backslash.  If enabled, history expansion
       will  be  performed  unless an !\b!  appearing in double quotes is escaped
       using a backslash.  The backslash preceding the !\b!  is not removed.

       The special parameters *\b* and @\b@ have  special  meaning  when  in  double
       quotes (see P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS below).

       Words of the form $\b$'_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg' are treated specially.  The word expands to
       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg, with backslash-escaped characters replaced as specified by  the
       ANSI  C  standard.  Backslash escape sequences, if present, are decoded
       as follows:
              \\b\a\ba     alert (bell)
              \\b\b\bb     backspace
              \\b\e\be
              \\b\E\bE     an escape character
              \\b\f\bf     form feed
              \\b\n\bn     new line
              \\b\r\br     carriage return
              \\b\t\bt     horizontal tab
              \\b\v\bv     vertical tab
              \\b\\\b\     backslash
              \\b\'\b'     single quote
              \\b\"\b"     double quote
              \\b\_\bn_\bn_\bn   the eight-bit character whose value is  the  octal  value
                     _\bn_\bn_\bn (one to three digits)
              \\b\x\bx_\bH_\bH   the  eight-bit  character  whose value is the hexadecimal
                     value _\bH_\bH (one or two hex digits)
              \\b\u\bu_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH the Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character whose value is  the
                     hexadecimal value _\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH (one to four hex digits)
              \\b\U\bU_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH
                     the  Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character whose value is the
                     hexadecimal value _\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH (one to eight hex digits)
              \\b\c\bc_\bx    a control-_\bx character

       The expanded result is single-quoted, as if the  dollar  sign  had  not
       been present.

       A double-quoted string preceded by a dollar sign ($\b$"_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg") will cause
       the string to be translated according to the current  locale.   If  the
       current  locale  is  C\bC  or  P\bPO\bOS\bSI\bIX\bX,  the dollar sign is ignored.  If the
       string is translated and replaced, the replacement is double-quoted.

P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS
       A _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is an entity that stores values.  It can be a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, a  num-
       ber, or one of the special characters listed below under S\bSp\bpe\bec\bci\bia\bal\bl P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bm-\b-
       e\bet\bte\ber\brs\bs.  A _\bv_\ba_\br_\bi_\ba_\bb_\bl_\be is a parameter denoted by a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  A variable has  a
       _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  and  zero or more _\ba_\bt_\bt_\br_\bi_\bb_\bu_\bt_\be_\bs.  Attributes are assigned using the
       d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin command (see d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be below in S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS).

       A parameter is set if it has been assigned a value.  The null string is
       a valid value.  Once a variable is set, it may be unset only  by  using
       the u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       A _\bv_\ba_\br_\bi_\ba_\bb_\bl_\be may be assigned to by a statement of the form

              _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be=[_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be]

       If  _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  is not given, the variable is assigned the null string.  All
       _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be_\bs undergo tilde expansion, parameter and variable expansion,  com-
       mand  substitution, arithmetic expansion, and quote removal (see E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bN-\b-
       S\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below).  If the variable has its i\bin\bnt\bte\beg\bge\ber\br attribute set, then _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be
       is evaluated as an arithmetic expression even if the $((...)) expansion
       is not used (see A\bAr\bri\bit\bth\bhm\bme\bet\bti\bic\bc E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn below).  Word  splitting  is  not
       performed,  with the exception of "\b"$\b$@\b@"\b" as explained below under S\bSp\bpe\bec\bci\bia\bal\bl
       P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\brs\bs.  Pathname expansion is not  performed.   Assignment  state-
       ments  may  also  appear  as  arguments to the a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs, d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be, t\bty\byp\bpe\bes\bse\bet\bt,
       e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt, r\bre\bea\bad\bdo\bon\bnl\bly\by, and l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl builtin commands.

       In the context where an assignment statement is assigning a value to  a
       shell variable or array index, the += operator can be used to append to
       or add to the variable's previous value.  When += is applied to a vari-
       able  for  which the _\bi_\bn_\bt_\be_\bg_\be_\br attribute has been set, _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be is evaluated
       as an arithmetic expression and added to the variable's current  value,
       which is also evaluated.  When += is applied to an array variable using
       compound assignment (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below), the  variable's  value  is  not
       unset (as it is when using =), and new values are appended to the array
       beginning at one greater than the array's maximum  index  (for  indexed
       arrays) or added as additional key-value pairs in an associative array.
       When applied  to  a  string-valued  variable,  _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  is  expanded  and
       appended to the variable's value.

   P\bPo\bos\bsi\bit\bti\bio\bon\bna\bal\bl P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\brs\bs
       A  _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\ba_\bl  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br  is a parameter denoted by one or more digits,
       other than the single digit 0.  Positional parameters are assigned from
       the  shell's  arguments when it is invoked, and may be reassigned using
       the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command.  Positional parameters may not be assigned  to
       with  assignment statements.  The positional parameters are temporarily
       replaced when a shell function is executed (see F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS below).

       When a positional parameter consisting of more than a single  digit  is
       expanded, it must be enclosed in braces (see E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below).

   S\bSp\bpe\bec\bci\bia\bal\bl P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\brs\bs
       The  shell  treats  several parameters specially.  These parameters may
       only be referenced; assignment to them is not allowed.
       *\b*      Expands to the positional parameters, starting from  one.   When
              the  expansion occurs within double quotes, it expands to a sin-
              gle word with the value of each parameter separated by the first
              character of the I\bIF\bFS\bS special variable.  That is, "$\b$*\b*" is equiva-
              lent to "$\b$1\b1_\bc$\b$2\b2_\bc.\b..\b..\b.", where _\bc is the first character of the value
              of  the I\bIF\bFS\bS variable.  If I\bIF\bFS\bS is unset, the parameters are sepa-
              rated by spaces.  If I\bIF\bFS\bS is  null,  the  parameters  are  joined
              without intervening separators.
       @\b@      Expands  to  the positional parameters, starting from one.  When
              the  expansion  occurs  within  double  quotes,  each  parameter
              expands to a separate word.  That is, "$\b$@\b@" is equivalent to "$\b$1\b1"
              "$\b$2\b2" ...  If the double-quoted expansion occurs within  a  word,
              the  expansion  of the first parameter is joined with the begin-
              ning part of the original word, and the expansion  of  the  last
              parameter  is  joined  with  the last part of the original word.
              When there are no positional parameters, "$\b$@\b@" and $\b$@\b@  expand  to
              nothing (i.e., they are removed).
       #\b#      Expands to the number of positional parameters in decimal.
       ?\b?      Expands  to  the exit status of the most recently executed fore-
              ground pipeline.
       -\b-      Expands to the current option flags as  specified  upon  invoca-
              tion,  by  the  s\bse\bet\bt  builtin  command, or those set by the shell
              itself (such as the -\b-i\bi option).
       $\b$      Expands to the process ID of the shell.  In a  ()  subshell,  it
              expands  to  the  process  ID of the current shell, not the sub-
              shell.
       !\b!      Expands to the process ID of the most  recently  executed  back-
              ground (asynchronous) command.
       0\b0      Expands  to  the name of the shell or shell script.  This is set
              at shell initialization.  If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is invoked with a file of com-
              mands,  $\b$0\b0  is set to the name of that file.  If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is started
              with the -\b-c\bc option, then $\b$0\b0 is set to the first  argument  after
              the  string to be executed, if one is present.  Otherwise, it is
              set to the file name used to invoke b\bba\bas\bsh\bh, as given  by  argument
              zero.
       _\b_      At  shell  startup,  set to the absolute pathname used to invoke
              the shell or shell script being executed as passed in the  envi-
              ronment  or  argument  list.   Subsequently, expands to the last
              argument to the previous command, after expansion.  Also set  to
              the  full  pathname  used  to  invoke  each command executed and
              placed in the environment exported to that command.  When check-
              ing  mail,  this  parameter holds the name of the mail file cur-
              rently being checked.

   S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs
       The following variables are set by the shell:

       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH   Expands to the full file name used to invoke  this  instance  of
              b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bHO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS
              A  colon-separated  list of enabled shell options.  Each word in
              the list is a valid argument for the  -\b-s\bs  option  to  the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt
              builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  The options
              appearing in B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bHO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS are those reported as  _\bo_\bn  by  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt.   If
              this  variable  is  in the environment when b\bba\bas\bsh\bh starts up, each
              shell option in the list will  be  enabled  before  reading  any
              startup files.  This variable is read-only.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bHP\bPI\bID\bD
              Expands  to  the  process  ID of the current b\bba\bas\bsh\bh process.  This
              differs from $\b$$\b$ under certain circumstances, such  as  subshells
              that do not require b\bba\bas\bsh\bh to be re-initialized.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAL\bLI\bIA\bAS\bSE\bES\bS
              An  associative  array  variable whose members correspond to the
              internal list of aliases as maintained  by  the  a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs  builtin.
              Elements added to this array appear in the alias list; unsetting
              array elements cause aliases to be removed from the alias  list.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGC\bC
              An  array  variable whose values are the number of parameters in
              each frame of the current b\bba\bas\bsh\bh execution call stack.  The number
              of  parameters  to  the  current  subroutine  (shell function or
              script executed with .\b. or s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be) is at the top  of  the  stack.
              When  a  subroutine is executed, the number of parameters passed
              is pushed onto B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGC\bC.  The shell sets B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGC\bC only when in
              extended  debugging  mode  (see  the description of the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg
              option to the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin below)
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGV\bV
              An array variable containing all of the parameters in  the  cur-
              rent b\bba\bas\bsh\bh execution call stack.  The final parameter of the last
              subroutine call is at the top of the stack; the first  parameter
              of the initial call is at the bottom.  When a subroutine is exe-
              cuted, the parameters supplied are pushed onto  B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGV\bV.   The
              shell  sets  B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGV\bV only when in extended debugging mode (see
              the description of the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg  option  to  the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt  builtin
              below)
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_C\bCM\bMD\bDS\bS
              An  associative  array  variable whose members correspond to the
              internal hash table  of  commands  as  maintained  by  the  h\bha\bas\bsh\bh
              builtin.  Elements added to this array appear in the hash table;
              unsetting array elements cause commands to be removed  from  the
              hash table.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD
              The  command  currently  being executed or about to be executed,
              unless the shell is executing a command as the result of a trap,
              in  which  case  it  is the command executing at the time of the
              trap.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN_\b_S\bST\bTR\bRI\bIN\bNG\bG
              The command argument to the -\b-c\bc invocation option.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO
              An array variable whose members are the line numbers  in  source
              files  where  each corresponding member of F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE was invoked.
              $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}  is  the  line  number  in  the  source  file
              ($\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi_\b+_\b1]\b]}\b})  where  $\b${\b{F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}  was  called  (or
              $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO[\b[_\b$_\bi_\b-_\b1]\b]}\b} if referenced within  another  shell  func-
              tion).  Use L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO to obtain the current line number.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_R\bRE\bEM\bMA\bAT\bTC\bCH\bH
              An  array  variable  whose members are assigned by the =\b=~\b~ binary
              operator to the [\b[[\b[ conditional command.  The element with  index
              0  is  the  portion  of  the  string matching the entire regular
              expression.  The element with index _\bn  is  the  portion  of  the
              string matching the _\bnth parenthesized subexpression.  This vari-
              able is read-only.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE
              An array variable whose members are the source  filenames  where
              the  corresponding  shell  function  names in the F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE array
              variable are defined.  The  shell  function  $\b${\b{F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}  is
              defined   in   the   file  $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}  and  called  from
              $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi_\b+_\b1]\b]}\b}.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSU\bUB\bBS\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
              Incremented by one each time a subshell or subshell  environment
              is spawned.  The initial value is 0.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO
              A readonly array variable whose members hold version information
              for this instance of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.  The values  assigned  to  the  array
              members are as follows:
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[0]\b]        The  major version number (the _\br_\be_\bl_\be_\ba_\bs_\be).
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[1]\b]        The minor version number (the  _\bv_\be_\br_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn).
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[2]\b]        The patch level.
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[3]\b]        The build version.
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[4]\b]        The release status (e.g., _\bb_\be_\bt_\ba_\b1).
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIN\bNF\bFO\bO[\b[5]\b]        The value of M\bMA\bAC\bCH\bHT\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE.

       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_V\bVE\bER\bRS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN
              Expands  to  a string describing the version of this instance of
              b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_C\bCW\bWO\bOR\bRD\bD
              An index into $\b${\b{C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDS\bS}\b} of the word containing  the  current
              cursor position.  This variable is available only in shell func-
              tions invoked by the  programmable  completion  facilities  (see
              P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn below).

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_K\bKE\bEY\bY
              The key (or final key of a key sequence) used to invoke the cur-
              rent completion function.

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE
              The current command line.  This variable is  available  only  in
              shell  functions  and  external  commands  invoked  by  the pro-
              grammable completion  facilities  (see  P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be  C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn
              below).

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_P\bPO\bOI\bIN\bNT\bT
              The  index of the current cursor position relative to the begin-
              ning of the current command.  If the current cursor position  is
              at the end of the current command, the value of this variable is
              equal to $\b${\b{#\b#C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE}\b}.  This  variable  is  available  only  in
              shell  functions  and  external  commands  invoked  by  the pro-
              grammable completion  facilities  (see  P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be  C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn
              below).

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_T\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE
              Set  to an integer value corresponding to the type of completion
              attempted that caused a completion function to be  called:  _\bT_\bA_\bB,
              for  normal completion, _\b?, for listing completions after succes-
              sive tabs, _\b!, for listing alternatives on partial  word  comple-
              tion,  _\b@,  to list completions if the word is not unmodified, or
              _\b%, for menu completion.  This  variable  is  available  only  in
              shell  functions  and  external  commands  invoked  by  the pro-
              grammable completion  facilities  (see  P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be  C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn
              below).

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDB\bBR\bRE\bEA\bAK\bKS\bS
              The  set  of characters that the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be library treats as word
              separators when performing word completion.  If  C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDB\bBR\bRE\bEA\bAK\bKS\bS
              is  unset, it loses its special properties, even if it is subse-
              quently reset.

       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDS\bS
              An array variable (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) consisting of the  individ-
              ual  words  in the current command line.  The line is split into
              words as r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  would  split  it,  using  C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDB\bBR\bRE\bEA\bAK\bKS\bS  as
              described above.  This variable is available only in shell func-
              tions invoked by the  programmable  completion  facilities  (see
              P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn below).

       C\bCO\bOP\bPR\bRO\bOC\bC An  array  variable  (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) created to hold the file
              descriptors for output from and input to  an  unnamed  coprocess
              (see C\bCo\bop\bpr\bro\boc\bce\bes\bss\bse\bes\bs above).

       D\bDI\bIR\bRS\bST\bTA\bAC\bCK\bK
              An array variable (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) containing the current con-
              tents of the directory stack.  Directories appear in  the  stack
              in  the order they are displayed by the d\bdi\bir\brs\bs builtin.  Assigning
              to members of this array variable may be used to modify directo-
              ries  already in the stack, but the p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd and p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd builtins must
              be used to add and remove directories.  Assignment to this vari-
              able  will  not  change  the  current directory.  If D\bDI\bIR\bRS\bST\bTA\bAC\bCK\bK is
              unset, it loses its special properties, even  if  it  is  subse-
              quently reset.

       E\bEU\bUI\bID\bD   Expands  to  the effective user ID of the current user, initial-
              ized at shell startup.  This variable is readonly.

       F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
              An array variable containing the names of  all  shell  functions
              currently in the execution call stack.  The element with index 0
              is the name of any currently-executing shell function.  The bot-
              tom-most  element  (the  one  with the highest index) is "main".
              This variable exists only when a shell  function  is  executing.
              Assignments  to F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE have no effect and return an error sta-
              tus.  If F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE is unset, it  loses  its  special  properties,
              even if it is subsequently reset.

              This  variable  can  be  used  with B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO and B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE.
              Each  element  of  F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE  has   corresponding   elements   in
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO  and  B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE  to  describe the call stack.  For
              instance,   $\b${\b{F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}   was   called   from    the    file
              $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_S\bSO\bOU\bUR\bRC\bCE\bE[\b[_\b$_\bi_\b+_\b1]\b]}\b}  at  line  number  $\b${\b{B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO[\b[_\b$_\bi]\b]}\b}.  The
              c\bca\bal\bll\ble\ber\br builtin displays the current call stack using this infor-
              mation.

       G\bGR\bRO\bOU\bUP\bPS\bS An  array  variable  containing  the list of groups of which the
              current user is a member.  Assignments to G\bGR\bRO\bOU\bUP\bPS\bS have no  effect
              and  return  an  error status.  If G\bGR\bRO\bOU\bUP\bPS\bS is unset, it loses its
              special properties, even if it is subsequently reset.

       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCM\bMD\bD
              The history number, or index in the history list, of the current
              command.   If H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCM\bMD\bD is unset, it loses its special properties,
              even if it is subsequently reset.

       H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE
              Automatically set to the name of the current host.

       H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTT\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE
              Automatically set to a string that uniquely describes  the  type
              of  machine  on which b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is executing.  The default is system-
              dependent.

       L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO Each time this parameter is referenced, the shell substitutes  a
              decimal  number  representing the current sequential line number
              (starting with 1) within a script or function.  When  not  in  a
              script  or  function, the value substituted is not guaranteed to
              be meaningful.  If L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO is unset, it loses its special proper-
              ties, even if it is subsequently reset.

       M\bMA\bAC\bCH\bHT\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE
              Automatically  set  to  a string that fully describes the system
              type on which b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is executing, in the  standard  GNU  _\bc_\bp_\bu_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\b-
              _\bp_\ba_\bn_\by_\b-_\bs_\by_\bs_\bt_\be_\bm format.  The default is system-dependent.

       M\bMA\bAP\bPF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE
              An  array  variable  (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) created to hold the text
              read by the m\bma\bap\bpf\bfi\bil\ble\be builtin when no variable name is supplied.

       O\bOL\bLD\bDP\bPW\bWD\bD The previous working directory as set by the c\bcd\bd command.

       O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG The value of the last option argument processed by  the  g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs
              builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bND\bD The  index  of  the next argument to be processed by the g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs
              builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       O\bOS\bST\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE Automatically set to a string that describes the operating  sys-
              tem  on  which  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is executing.  The default is system-depen-
              dent.

       P\bPI\bIP\bPE\bES\bST\bTA\bAT\bTU\bUS\bS
              An array variable (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs below) containing a list  of  exit
              status  values  from the processes in the most-recently-executed
              foreground pipeline (which may contain only a single command).

       P\bPP\bPI\bID\bD   The process ID of the shell's parent.  This  variable  is  read-
              only.

       P\bPW\bWD\bD    The current working directory as set by the c\bcd\bd command.

       R\bRA\bAN\bND\bDO\bOM\bM Each time this parameter is referenced, a random integer between
              0 and 32767 is generated.  The sequence of random numbers may be
              initialized by assigning a value to R\bRA\bAN\bND\bDO\bOM\bM.  If R\bRA\bAN\bND\bDO\bOM\bM is unset,
              it loses its special properties,  even  if  it  is  subsequently
              reset.

       R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE
              The contents of the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be line buffer, for use with "bind -x"
              (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_P\bPO\bOI\bIN\bNT\bT
              The position of the insertion point in the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be line buffer,
              for use with "bind -x" (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       R\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY  Set  to  the line of input read by the r\bre\bea\bad\bd builtin command when
              no arguments are supplied.

       S\bSE\bEC\bCO\bON\bND\bDS\bS
              Each time this parameter is referenced, the  number  of  seconds
              since  shell  invocation is returned.  If a value is assigned to
              S\bSE\bEC\bCO\bON\bND\bDS\bS, the value returned upon subsequent  references  is  the
              number  of seconds since the assignment plus the value assigned.
              If S\bSE\bEC\bCO\bON\bND\bDS\bS is unset, it loses its special properties, even if it
              is subsequently reset.

       S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bLO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS
              A  colon-separated  list of enabled shell options.  Each word in
              the list is a valid argument  for  the  -\b-o\bo  option  to  the  s\bse\bet\bt
              builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  The options
              appearing in S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bLO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS are those reported as _\bo_\bn by s\bse\bet\bt  -\b-o\bo.   If
              this  variable  is  in the environment when b\bba\bas\bsh\bh starts up, each
              shell option in the list will  be  enabled  before  reading  any
              startup files.  This variable is read-only.

       S\bSH\bHL\bLV\bVL\bL  Incremented by one each time an instance of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is started.

       U\bUI\bID\bD    Expands to the user ID of the current user, initialized at shell
              startup.  This variable is readonly.

       The following variables are used by the shell.   In  some  cases,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       assigns a default value to a variable; these cases are noted below.

       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV
              If  this parameter is set when b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is executing a shell script,
              its value is interpreted as a filename  containing  commands  to
              initialize the shell, as in _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc.  The value of B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV is
              subjected to  parameter  expansion,  command  substitution,  and
              arithmetic  expansion  before  being interpreted as a file name.
              P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH is not used to search for the resultant file name.
       B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_X\bXT\bTR\bRA\bAC\bCE\bEF\bFD\bD
              If set to an integer corresponding to a valid  file  descriptor,
              b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  will  write  the  trace  output  generated  when _\bs_\be_\bt _\b-_\bx is
              enabled to that file descriptor.  The file descriptor is  closed
              when  B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_X\bXT\bTR\bRA\bAC\bCE\bEF\bFD\bD is unset or assigned a new value.  Unsetting
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_X\bXT\bTR\bRA\bAC\bCE\bEF\bFD\bD or assigning it the empty string causes the  trace
              output  to  be  sent  to  the standard error.  Note that setting
              B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_X\bXT\bTR\bRA\bAC\bCE\bEF\bFD\bD to 2 (the standard error file descriptor) and then
              unsetting it will result in the standard error being closed.
       C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH The  search  path for the c\bcd\bd command.  This is a colon-separated
              list of directories in which the  shell  looks  for  destination
              directories  specified  by  the  c\bcd\bd  command.  A sample value is
              ".:~:/usr".
       C\bCO\bOL\bLU\bUM\bMN\bNS\bS
              Used by the s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt compound command to  determine  the  terminal
              width  when  printing  selection  lists.  Automatically set upon
              receipt of a S\bSI\bIG\bGW\bWI\bIN\bNC\bCH\bH.
       C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bPR\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY
              An array variable from which b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reads the possible completions
              generated  by  a shell function invoked by the programmable com-
              pletion facility (see P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn below).
       E\bEM\bMA\bAC\bCS\bS  If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh finds this variable in the environment  when  the  shell
              starts  with  value "t", it assumes that the shell is running in
              an Emacs shell buffer and disables line editing.
       E\bEN\bNV\bV    Similar to B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV; used when the shell  is  invoked  in  POSIX
              mode.
       F\bFC\bCE\bED\bDI\bIT\bT The default editor for the f\bfc\bc builtin command.
       F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE
              A  colon-separated  list  of  suffixes to ignore when performing
              filename completion (see R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE below).  A filename whose suf-
              fix  matches  one of the entries in F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is excluded from the
              list of matched filenames.  A sample value is ".o:~".
       F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNE\bES\bST\bT
              If set to a numeric value greater  than  0,  defines  a  maximum
              function  nesting  level.  Function invocations that exceed this
              nesting level will cause the current command to abort.
       G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE
              A colon-separated list of patterns defining the set of filenames
              to be ignored by pathname expansion.  If a filename matched by a
              pathname expansion pattern also matches one of the  patterns  in
              G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE, it is removed from the list of matches.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL
              A  colon-separated  list  of values controlling how commands are
              saved on the history list.   If  the  list  of  values  includes
              _\bi_\bg_\bn_\bo_\br_\be_\bs_\bp_\ba_\bc_\be,  lines  which  begin with a s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be character are not
              saved in the history list.  A value of _\bi_\bg_\bn_\bo_\br_\be_\bd_\bu_\bp_\bs  causes  lines
              matching the previous history entry to not be saved.  A value of
              _\bi_\bg_\bn_\bo_\br_\be_\bb_\bo_\bt_\bh is shorthand for _\bi_\bg_\bn_\bo_\br_\be_\bs_\bp_\ba_\bc_\be and _\bi_\bg_\bn_\bo_\br_\be_\bd_\bu_\bp_\bs.  A value
              of _\be_\br_\ba_\bs_\be_\bd_\bu_\bp_\bs causes all previous lines matching the current line
              to be removed from the history list before that line  is  saved.
              Any  value  not in the above list is ignored.  If H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL is
              unset, or does not include a valid value, all lines read by  the
              shell parser are saved on the history list, subject to the value
              of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE.  The second and subsequent lines of a  multi-line
              compound  command  are  not tested, and are added to the history
              regardless of the value of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE
              The name of the file in which command history is saved (see H\bHI\bIS\bS-\b-
              T\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY  below).   The default value is _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bh_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by.  If unset,
              the command history is  not  saved  when  an  interactive  shell
              exits.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE
              The maximum number of lines contained in the history file.  When
              this variable is assigned a value, the  history  file  is  trun-
              cated,  if necessary, by removing the oldest entries, to contain
              no more than that number of lines.  The default  value  is  500.
              The history file is also truncated to this size after writing it
              when an interactive shell exits.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE
              A colon-separated list of patterns used to decide which  command
              lines  should  be  saved  on  the history list.  Each pattern is
              anchored at the beginning of the line and must  match  the  com-
              plete  line  (no  implicit  `*\b*'  is  appended).  Each pattern is
              tested against the line after the checks specified  by  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bN-\b-
              T\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL  are  applied.   In  addition  to  the normal shell pattern
              matching characters, `&\b&' matches the previous history line.  `&\b&'
              may  be  escaped  using  a  backslash;  the backslash is removed
              before attempting a match.  The second and subsequent lines of a
              multi-line compound command are not tested, and are added to the
              history regardless of the value of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTS\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE
              The number of commands to remember in the command  history  (see
              H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY below).  The default value is 500.
       H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTT\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT
              If  this  variable  is  set and not null, its value is used as a
              format string for _\bs_\bt_\br_\bf_\bt_\bi_\bm_\be(3) to print the time stamp associated
              with  each  history  entry displayed by the h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by builtin.  If
              this variable is set, time stamps are  written  to  the  history
              file  so they may be preserved across shell sessions.  This uses
              the history comment character  to  distinguish  timestamps  from
              other history lines.
       H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE   The home directory of the current user; the default argument for
              the c\bcd\bd builtin command.  The value of this variable is also used
              when performing tilde expansion.
       H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE
              Contains  the  name  of  a file in the same format as _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt_\bs
              that should be read when the shell needs to complete a hostname.
              The  list  of possible hostname completions may be changed while
              the shell is running;  the  next  time  hostname  completion  is
              attempted  after the value is changed, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh adds the contents of
              the new file to the existing list.  If H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is set, but  has
              no  value,  or  does  not name a readable file, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh attempts to
              read _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt_\bs to obtain the list of possible hostname  comple-
              tions.  When H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is unset, the hostname list is cleared.
       I\bIF\bFS\bS    The  _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\ba_\bl  _\bF_\bi_\be_\bl_\bd  _\bS_\be_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bt_\bo_\br  that is used for word splitting
              after expansion and to split lines  into  words  with  the  r\bre\bea\bad\bd
              builtin  command.   The  default  value  is  ``<space><tab><new-
              line>''.
       I\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bEE\bEO\bOF\bF
              Controls the action of an interactive shell on receipt of an E\bEO\bOF\bF
              character as the sole input.  If set, the value is the number of
              consecutive E\bEO\bOF\bF characters which must  be  typed  as  the  first
              characters  on an input line before b\bba\bas\bsh\bh exits.  If the variable
              exists but does not have a numeric value, or has no  value,  the
              default  value  is  10.  If it does not exist, E\bEO\bOF\bF signifies the
              end of input to the shell.
       I\bIN\bNP\bPU\bUT\bTR\bRC\bC
              The filename for  the  r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  startup  file,  overriding  the
              default of _\b~_\b/_\b._\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc (see R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE below).
       L\bLA\bAN\bNG\bG   Used  to  determine  the  locale  category  for any category not
              specifically selected with a variable starting with L\bLC\bC_\b_.
       L\bLC\bC_\b_A\bAL\bLL\bL This variable overrides the value of  L\bLA\bAN\bNG\bG  and  any  other  L\bLC\bC_\b_
              variable specifying a locale category.
       L\bLC\bC_\b_C\bCO\bOL\bLL\bLA\bAT\bTE\bE
              This  variable  determines the collation order used when sorting
              the results of pathname expansion, and determines  the  behavior
              of   range   expressions,  equivalence  classes,  and  collating
              sequences within pathname expansion and pattern matching.
       L\bLC\bC_\b_C\bCT\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE
              This variable determines the interpretation  of  characters  and
              the  behavior of character classes within pathname expansion and
              pattern matching.
       L\bLC\bC_\b_M\bME\bES\bSS\bSA\bAG\bGE\bES\bS
              This variable determines the locale used  to  translate  double-
              quoted strings preceded by a $\b$.
       L\bLC\bC_\b_N\bNU\bUM\bME\bER\bRI\bIC\bC
              This  variable  determines  the  locale category used for number
              formatting.
       L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bES\bS  Used by the s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt compound  command  to  determine  the  column
              length  for  printing  selection  lists.  Automatically set upon
              receipt of a S\bSI\bIG\bGW\bWI\bIN\bNC\bCH\bH.
       M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bL   If this parameter is set to a file or  directory  name  and  the
              M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bLP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH  variable  is  not  set,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  informs the user of the
              arrival of mail in the specified file or  Maildir-format  direc-
              tory.
       M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bLC\bCH\bHE\bEC\bCK\bK
              Specifies  how  often  (in  seconds)  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh checks for mail.  The
              default is 60 seconds.  When it is time to check for  mail,  the
              shell  does  so  before  displaying the primary prompt.  If this
              variable is unset, or set to  a  value  that  is  not  a  number
              greater than or equal to zero, the shell disables mail checking.
       M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bLP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH
              A colon-separated list of file names to  be  checked  for  mail.
              The message to be printed when mail arrives in a particular file
              may be specified by separating the file name  from  the  message
              with a `?'.  When used in the text of the message, $\b$_\b_ expands to
              the name of the current mailfile.  Example:
              M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bLP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH='/var/mail/bfox?"You  have  mail":~/shell-mail?"$_  has
              mail!"'
              B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  supplies  a default value for this variable, but the loca-
              tion of the user mail files that it  uses  is  system  dependent
              (e.g., /var/mail/$\b$U\bUS\bSE\bER\bR).
       O\bOP\bPT\bTE\bER\bRR\bR If set to the value 1, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh displays error messages generated by
              the g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs builtin command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS  below).
              O\bOP\bPT\bTE\bER\bRR\bR  is  initialized to 1 each time the shell is invoked or a
              shell script is executed.
       P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH   The search path for commands.  It is a colon-separated  list  of
              directories  in  which the shell looks for commands (see C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD
              E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below).  A zero-length (null) directory  name  in  the
              value of P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH indicates the current directory.  A null directory
              name may appear as two adjacent colons,  or  as  an  initial  or
              trailing  colon.   The  default path is system-dependent, and is
              set by the administrator who installs b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.  A common  value  is
              ``/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb:/bin:/usr/bin''.
       P\bPO\bOS\bSI\bIX\bXL\bLY\bY_\b_C\bCO\bOR\bRR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bT
              If  this  variable  is  in the environment when b\bba\bas\bsh\bh starts, the
              shell enters _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be before reading the startup files, as  if
              the  -\b--\b-p\bpo\bos\bsi\bix\bx  invocation option had been supplied.  If it is set
              while the shell is running, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh enables _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be, as  if  the
              command _\bs_\be_\bt _\b-_\bo _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx had been executed.
       P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bT_\b_C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD
              If set, the value is executed as a command prior to issuing each
              primary prompt.
       P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bT_\b_D\bDI\bIR\bRT\bTR\bRI\bIM\bM
              If set to a number greater than zero, the value is used  as  the
              number of trailing directory components to retain when expanding
              the \\b\w\bw and \\b\W\bW  prompt  string  escapes  (see  P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bNG\bG  below).
              Characters removed are replaced with an ellipsis.
       P\bPS\bS1\b1    The  value  of  this parameter is expanded (see P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bNG\bG below)
              and used as the primary prompt string.   The  default  value  is
              ``\\b\s\bs-\b-\\b\v\bv\\b\$\b$ ''.
       P\bPS\bS2\b2    The  value of this parameter is expanded as with P\bPS\bS1\b1 and used as
              the secondary prompt string.  The default is ``>\b> ''.
       P\bPS\bS3\b3    The value of this parameter is used as the prompt for the s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt
              command (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR above).
       P\bPS\bS4\b4    The  value  of  this  parameter  is expanded as with P\bPS\bS1\b1 and the
              value is printed before each command  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  displays  during  an
              execution  trace.  The first character of P\bPS\bS4\b4 is replicated mul-
              tiple times, as necessary, to indicate multiple levels of  indi-
              rection.  The default is ``+\b+ ''.
       S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  The full pathname to the shell is kept in this environment vari-
              able.  If it is not set when the shell starts, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  assigns  to
              it the full pathname of the current user's login shell.
       T\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT
              The  value of this parameter is used as a format string specify-
              ing how the timing information for pipelines prefixed  with  the
              t\bti\bim\bme\be  reserved word should be displayed.  The %\b% character intro-
              duces an escape sequence that is expanded to  a  time  value  or
              other  information.  The escape sequences and their meanings are
              as follows; the braces denote optional portions.
              %\b%%\b%        A literal %\b%.
              %\b%[\b[_\bp]\b][\b[l\bl]\b]R\bR  The elapsed time in seconds.
              %\b%[\b[_\bp]\b][\b[l\bl]\b]U\bU  The number of CPU seconds spent in user mode.
              %\b%[\b[_\bp]\b][\b[l\bl]\b]S\bS  The number of CPU seconds spent in system mode.
              %\b%P\bP        The CPU percentage, computed as (%U + %S) / %R.

              The optional _\bp is a digit specifying the _\bp_\br_\be_\bc_\bi_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn,  the  number
              of fractional digits after a decimal point.  A value of 0 causes
              no decimal point or fraction to be output.  At most three places
              after  the  decimal  point may be specified; values of _\bp greater
              than 3 are changed to 3.  If _\bp is not specified, the value 3  is
              used.

              The  optional l\bl specifies a longer format, including minutes, of
              the form _\bM_\bMm_\bS_\bS._\bF_\bFs.  The value of _\bp determines  whether  or  not
              the fraction is included.

              If  this  variable  is not set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh acts as if it had the value
              $\b$'\b'\\b\n\bnr\bre\bea\bal\bl\\b\t\bt%\b%3\b3l\blR\bR\\b\n\bnu\bus\bse\ber\br\\b\t\bt%\b%3\b3l\blU\bU\\b\n\bns\bsy\bys\bs%\b%3\b3l\blS\bS'\b'.  If the value is null,  no
              timing  information  is  displayed.  A trailing newline is added
              when the format string is displayed.

       T\bTM\bMO\bOU\bUT\bT  If set to a value greater than zero, T\bTM\bMO\bOU\bUT\bT  is  treated  as  the
              default timeout for the r\bre\bea\bad\bd builtin.  The s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt command termi-
              nates if input does not arrive after T\bTM\bMO\bOU\bUT\bT seconds when input is
              coming  from  a terminal.  In an interactive shell, the value is
              interpreted as the number of seconds to  wait  for  input  after
              issuing  the  primary prompt.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh terminates after waiting for
              that number of seconds if input does not arrive.

       T\bTM\bMP\bPD\bDI\bIR\bR If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh uses its value as the name of a directory in  which
              b\bba\bas\bsh\bh creates temporary files for the shell's use.

       a\bau\but\bto\bo_\b_r\bre\bes\bsu\bum\bme\be
              This variable controls how the shell interacts with the user and
              job control.  If this variable is set, single word  simple  com-
              mands without redirections are treated as candidates for resump-
              tion of an existing stopped job.  There is no ambiguity allowed;
              if  there  is more than one job beginning with the string typed,
              the job most recently accessed  is  selected.   The  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  of  a
              stopped  job, in this context, is the command line used to start
              it.  If set to the value _\be_\bx_\ba_\bc_\bt, the string supplied  must  match
              the  name  of  a  stopped  job exactly; if set to _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg, the
              string supplied needs to match a substring  of  the  name  of  a
              stopped  job.  The _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg value provides functionality analo-
              gous to the %\b%?\b?  job identifier (see J\bJO\bOB\bB C\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL below).  If  set
              to  any  other  value, the supplied string must be a prefix of a
              stopped job's name; this provides functionality analogous to the
              %\b%_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg job identifier.

       h\bhi\bis\bst\btc\bch\bha\bar\brs\bs
              The  two or three characters which control history expansion and
              tokenization (see H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below).  The first character
              is  the _\bh_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn character, the character which signals
              the start of a history  expansion,  normally  `!\b!'.   The  second
              character  is the _\bq_\bu_\bi_\bc_\bk _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bt_\bu_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn character, which is used as
              shorthand for re-running the previous command  entered,  substi-
              tuting  one  string  for another in the command.  The default is
              `^\b^'.  The optional third character is the character which  indi-
              cates  that the remainder of the line is a comment when found as
              the first character of a word, normally `#\b#'.  The  history  com-
              ment character causes history substitution to be skipped for the
              remaining words on the line.  It does not necessarily cause  the
              shell parser to treat the rest of the line as a comment.

   A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs
       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  provides one-dimensional indexed and associative array variables.
       Any variable may be used as an indexed array; the d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin  will
       explicitly  declare an array.  There is no maximum limit on the size of
       an array, nor any requirement that members be indexed or assigned  con-
       tiguously.   Indexed  arrays  are  referenced using integers (including
       arithmetic expressions)  and are  zero-based;  associative  arrays  are
       referenced using arbitrary strings.

       An  indexed  array is created automatically if any variable is assigned
       to using the syntax _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be.  The _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt is treated as
       an  arithmetic expression that must evaluate to a number.  If _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt
       evaluates to a number less than zero, it is used as an offset from  one
       greater  than  the array's maximum index (so a subcript of -1 refers to
       the last element of the  array).   To  explicitly  declare  an  indexed
       array, use d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be -\b-a\ba _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be
       -\b-a\ba _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[\b[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]\b] is also accepted; the _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt is ignored.

       Associative arrays are created using d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be -\b-A\bA _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.

       Attributes may be specified for an array variable using the d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be and
       r\bre\bea\bad\bdo\bon\bnl\bly\by  builtins.  Each attribute applies to all members of an array.

       Arrays  are  assigned  to  using  compound  assignments  of  the   form
       _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be=(\b(value_\b1  ...  value_\bn)\b),  where  each  _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  is  of  the form [_\bs_\bu_\bb_\b-
       _\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]=_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.  Indexed array assignments do not require  the  bracket
       and  subscript.   When  assigning  to  indexed  arrays, if the optional
       brackets and subscript are supplied, that index is assigned to;  other-
       wise the index of the element assigned is the last index assigned to by
       the statement plus one.  Indexing starts at zero.

       When assigning to an associative array, the subscript is required.

       This syntax is also accepted by the d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin.  Individual  array
       elements  may  be  assigned  to  using the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be syntax
       introduced above.

       Any element of an array may  be  referenced  using  ${_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]}.
       The braces are required to avoid conflicts with pathname expansion.  If
       _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt is @\b@ or *\b*, the word expands to all members  of  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.   These
       subscripts  differ only when the word appears within double quotes.  If
       the word is double-quoted, ${_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[*]} expands to a single word with the
       value  of each array member separated by the first character of the I\bIF\bFS\bS
       special variable, and ${_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[@]} expands each element of _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be to a sep-
       arate  word.   When  there  are no array members, ${_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[@]} expands to
       nothing.  If the double-quoted expansion  occurs  within  a  word,  the
       expansion  of  the first parameter is joined with the beginning part of
       the original word, and the expansion of the last  parameter  is  joined
       with  the  last  part  of  the original word.  This is analogous to the
       expansion of the special parameters *\b* and  @\b@  (see  S\bSp\bpe\bec\bci\bia\bal\bl  P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\brs\bs
       above).   ${#_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]}  expands  to  the  length  of ${_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\b-
       _\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]}.  If _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt is *\b* or @\b@, the expansion is the number of  ele-
       ments  in the array.  Referencing an array variable without a subscript
       is equivalent to referencing the array with a subscript of 0.

       An array variable is considered set if a subscript has been assigned  a
       value.  The null string is a valid value.

       The  u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt  builtin  is  used to destroy arrays.  u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt]
       destroys the array element at index _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt.  Care must be  taken  to
       avoid  unwanted side effects caused by pathname expansion.  u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be,
       where _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is an array, or u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt], where _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt is  *\b*
       or @\b@, removes the entire array.

       The  d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be,  l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl,  and r\bre\bea\bad\bdo\bon\bnl\bly\by builtins each accept a -\b-a\ba option to
       specify an indexed array and a -\b-A\bA  option  to  specify  an  associative
       array.   The r\bre\bea\bad\bd builtin accepts a -\b-a\ba option to assign a list of words
       read from the standard input to an array.  The s\bse\bet\bt and d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtins
       display  array values in a way that allows them to be reused as assign-
       ments.

E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN
       Expansion is performed on the command line after it has been split into
       words.   There are seven kinds of expansion performed: _\bb_\br_\ba_\bc_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn,
       _\bt_\bi_\bl_\bd_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn, _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bv_\ba_\br_\bi_\ba_\bb_\bl_\be  _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn,  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bt_\bu_\b-
       _\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn, _\ba_\br_\bi_\bt_\bh_\bm_\be_\bt_\bi_\bc _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn, _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd _\bs_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bt_\bt_\bi_\bn_\bg, and _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bh_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn.

       The  order  of expansions is: brace expansion, tilde expansion, parame-
       ter, variable and arithmetic expansion and command  substitution  (done
       in a left-to-right fashion), word splitting, and pathname expansion.

       On systems that can support it, there is an additional expansion avail-
       able: _\bp_\br_\bo_\bc_\be_\bs_\bs _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bt_\bu_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn.

       Only brace expansion, word splitting, and pathname expansion can change
       the  number of words of the expansion; other expansions expand a single
       word to a single word.  The only exceptions to this are the  expansions
       of "$\b$@\b@" and "$\b${\b{_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[\b[@\b@]\b]}\b}" as explained above (see P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS).

   B\bBr\bra\bac\bce\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
       _\bB_\br_\ba_\bc_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn is a mechanism by which arbitrary strings may be gener-
       ated.  This mechanism is similar to _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bh_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn, but  the  file-
       names generated need not exist.  Patterns to be brace expanded take the
       form of an optional _\bp_\br_\be_\ba_\bm_\bb_\bl_\be, followed by either a series of comma-sep-
       arated  strings or a sequence expression between a pair of braces, fol-
       lowed by an optional _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bt_\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt.  The  preamble  is  prefixed  to  each
       string contained within the braces, and the postscript is then appended
       to each resulting string, expanding left to right.

       Brace expansions may be nested.  The results of  each  expanded  string
       are  not  sorted;  left  to  right  order  is  preserved.  For example,
       a{\b{d,c,b}\b}e expands into `ade ace abe'.

       A sequence expression takes the form {\b{_\bx.\b..\b._\by[\b[.\b..\b._\bi_\bn_\bc_\br]\b]}\b}, where _\bx and _\by  are
       either  integers or single characters, and _\bi_\bn_\bc_\br, an optional increment,
       is an integer.  When integers are supplied, the expression  expands  to
       each  number between _\bx and _\by, inclusive.  Supplied integers may be pre-
       fixed with _\b0 to force each term to have the same width.  When either  _\bx
       or  _\by  begins  with  a  zero, the shell attempts to force all generated
       terms to contain the same number of digits, zero-padding  where  neces-
       sary.   When  characters  are  supplied, the expression expands to each
       character lexicographically between _\bx and _\by, inclusive.  Note that both
       _\bx  and  _\by must be of the same type.  When the increment is supplied, it
       is used as the difference between each term.  The default increment  is
       1 or -1 as appropriate.

       Brace expansion is performed before any other expansions, and any char-
       acters special to other expansions are preserved in the result.  It  is
       strictly  textual.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh does not apply any syntactic interpretation to
       the context of the expansion or the text between the braces.

       A correctly-formed brace expansion must contain  unquoted  opening  and
       closing  braces,  and  at  least one unquoted comma or a valid sequence
       expression.  Any incorrectly formed brace expansion is left  unchanged.
       A {\b{ or ,\b, may be quoted with a backslash to prevent its being considered
       part of a brace expression.  To avoid conflicts with  parameter  expan-
       sion, the string $\b${\b{ is not considered eligible for brace expansion.

       This construct is typically used as shorthand when the common prefix of
       the strings to be generated is longer than in the above example:

              mkdir /usr/local/src/bash/{old,new,dist,bugs}
       or
              chown root /usr/{ucb/{ex,edit},lib/{ex?.?*,how_ex}}

       Brace expansion introduces a  slight  incompatibility  with  historical
       versions  of s\bsh\bh.  s\bsh\bh does not treat opening or closing braces specially
       when they appear as part of a word, and preserves them in  the  output.
       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  removes  braces  from  words as a consequence of brace expansion.
       For example, a word entered to s\bsh\bh as _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b{_\b1_\b,_\b2_\b} appears  identically  in
       the  output.  The same word is output as _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2 after expansion by
       b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.  If strict compatibility with s\bsh\bh is desired, start b\bba\bas\bsh\bh with  the
       +\b+B\bB option or disable brace expansion with the +\b+B\bB option to the s\bse\bet\bt com-
       mand (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

   T\bTi\bil\bld\bde\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
       If a word begins with an unquoted tilde character  (`~\b~'),  all  of  the
       characters  preceding  the  first unquoted slash (or all characters, if
       there is no unquoted slash) are considered a _\bt_\bi_\bl_\bd_\be_\b-_\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx.  If none  of
       the  characters  in  the tilde-prefix are quoted, the characters in the
       tilde-prefix following the tilde are treated as a possible _\bl_\bo_\bg_\bi_\bn  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.
       If  this  login name is the null string, the tilde is replaced with the
       value of the shell parameter H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE.  If H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE is unset, the  home  direc-
       tory  of  the  user executing the shell is substituted instead.  Other-
       wise, the tilde-prefix is replaced with the home  directory  associated
       with the specified login name.

       If  the  tilde-prefix  is  a  `~+', the value of the shell variable P\bPW\bWD\bD
       replaces the tilde-prefix.  If the tilde-prefix is a `~-', the value of
       the  shell variable O\bOL\bLD\bDP\bPW\bWD\bD, if it is set, is substituted.  If the char-
       acters following the tilde in the tilde-prefix consist of a  number  _\bN,
       optionally  prefixed  by  a  `+' or a `-', the tilde-prefix is replaced
       with the corresponding element from the directory stack, as it would be
       displayed by the d\bdi\bir\brs\bs builtin invoked with the tilde-prefix as an argu-
       ment.  If the characters following the tilde in the  tilde-prefix  con-
       sist of a number without a leading `+' or `-', `+' is assumed.

       If the login name is invalid, or the tilde expansion fails, the word is
       unchanged.

       Each variable assignment is checked for unquoted tilde-prefixes immedi-
       ately following a :\b: or the first =\b=.  In these cases, tilde expansion is
       also performed.  Consequently, one may use file names  with  tildes  in
       assignments  to  P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH,  M\bMA\bAI\bIL\bLP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH, and C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH, and the shell assigns the
       expanded value.

   P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\br E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
       The `$\b$' character introduces parameter expansion, command substitution,
       or  arithmetic  expansion.  The parameter name or symbol to be expanded
       may be enclosed in braces, which are optional but serve to protect  the
       variable  to be expanded from characters immediately following it which
       could be interpreted as part of the name.

       When braces are used, the matching ending brace is the  first  `}\b}'  not
       escaped  by  a  backslash  or within a quoted string, and not within an
       embedded  arithmetic  expansion,  command  substitution,  or  parameter
       expansion.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br}
              The  value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is substituted.  The braces are required
              when _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is a positional  parameter  with  more  than  one
              digit, or when _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is followed by a character which is not
              to be interpreted as part of its name.

       If the first character of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is  an  exclamation  point  (!\b!),  a
       level  of  variable  indirection is introduced.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh uses the value of
       the variable formed from the rest of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br as the name of the vari-
       able; this variable is then expanded and that value is used in the rest
       of the substitution, rather than the value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br  itself.   This
       is  known as _\bi_\bn_\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt _\be_\bx_\bp_\ba_\bn_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn.  The exceptions to this are the expan-
       sions of ${!\b!\\b\f\bfP\bPf\bfI\bIp\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx*\b*} and ${!\b!_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\b@]} described below.  The  excla-
       mation  point must immediately follow the left brace in order to intro-
       duce indirection.

       In each of the cases below, _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is subject to tilde expansion, parame-
       ter expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic expansion.

       When  not  performing  substring  expansion, using the forms documented
       below, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh tests for a parameter that is unset or null.  Omitting  the
       colon results in a test only for a parameter that is unset.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:-\b-_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              U\bUs\bse\be  D\bDe\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt  V\bVa\bal\blu\bue\bes\bs.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is unset or null, the expan-
              sion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is substituted.  Otherwise, the value of  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br
              is substituted.
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:=\b=_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              A\bAs\bss\bsi\big\bgn\bn  D\bDe\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt  V\bVa\bal\blu\bue\bes\bs.   If  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br  is  unset or null, the
              expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is assigned to _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br.  The value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\b-
              _\be_\bt_\be_\br  is  then  substituted.   Positional parameters and special
              parameters may not be assigned to in this way.
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:?\b?_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              D\bDi\bis\bsp\bpl\bla\bay\by E\bEr\brr\bro\bor\br i\bif\bf N\bNu\bul\bll\bl o\bor\br U\bUn\bns\bse\bet\bt.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is null or  unset,
              the  expansion  of  _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd (or a message to that effect if _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is
              not present) is written to the standard error and the shell,  if
              it is not interactive, exits.  Otherwise, the value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br
              is substituted.
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:+\b+_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              U\bUs\bse\be A\bAl\blt\bte\ber\brn\bna\bat\bte\be V\bVa\bal\blu\bue\be.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is null or unset, nothing  is
              substituted, otherwise the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is substituted.
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:_\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br:\b:_\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt:\b:_\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh}
              S\bSu\bub\bbs\bst\btr\bri\bin\bng\bg  E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn.   Expands  to  up  to _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh characters of
              _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br starting at the character  specified  by  _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt.   If
              _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh  is omitted, expands to the substring of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br start-
              ing at the character specified by _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt.  _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh and _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt are
              arithmetic  expressions  (see  A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN below).  If
              _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt evaluates to a number less than zero, the value  is  used
              as  an offset from the end of the value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br.  If _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh
              evaluates to a number less than zero, and _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is not @\b@ and
              not  an  indexed  or  associative array, it is interpreted as an
              offset from the end of the value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br rather than a num-
              ber  of  characters, and the expansion is the characters between
              the two offsets.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is @\b@, the result is _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh  posi-
              tional  parameters  beginning  at  _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt.   If  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is an
              indexed array name subscripted by @ or  *,  the  result  is  the
              _\bl_\be_\bn_\bg_\bt_\bh members of the array beginning with ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br[_\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt]}.
              A negative _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt is taken relative to one greater than the max-
              imum  index of the specified array.  Substring expansion applied
              to an associative array produces undefined results.  Note that a
              negative offset must be separated from the colon by at least one
              space to avoid being confused with the :- expansion.   Substring
              indexing  is  zero-based  unless  the  positional parameters are
              used, in which case the indexing starts at  1  by  default.   If
              _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt  is 0, and the positional parameters are used, $\b$0\b0 is pre-
              fixed to the list.

       ${!\b!_\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx*\b*}
       ${!\b!_\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx@\b@}
              N\bNa\bam\bme\bes\bs m\bma\bat\btc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg p\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx.  Expands to the names of variables  whose
              names begin with _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx, separated by the first character of the
              I\bIF\bFS\bS special variable.  When _\b@ is used and the expansion  appears
              within  double  quotes, each variable name expands to a separate
              word.

       ${!\b!_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\b@]}
       ${!\b!_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[_\b*]}
              L\bLi\bis\bst\bt o\bof\bf a\bar\brr\bra\bay\by k\bke\bey\bys\bs.  If _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is an array  variable,  expands  to
              the  list  of array indices (keys) assigned in _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  If _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is
              not an array, expands to 0 if _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is set  and  null  otherwise.
              When  _\b@  is used and the expansion appears within double quotes,
              each key expands to a separate word.

       ${#\b#_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br}
              P\bPa\bar\bra\bam\bme\bet\bte\ber\br l\ble\ben\bng\bgt\bth\bh.  The length in  characters  of  the  value  of
              _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br  is  substituted.   If  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is *\b* or @\b@, the value
              substituted is the number of positional parameters.  If  _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\b-
              _\bt_\be_\br  is  an  array name subscripted by *\b* or @\b@, the value substi-
              tuted is the number of elements in the array.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br#\b#_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br#\b##\b#_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              R\bRe\bem\bmo\bov\bve\be m\bma\bat\btc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg p\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx p\bpa\bat\btt\bte\ber\brn\bn.  The _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is expanded to produce
              a pattern just as in pathname expansion.  If the pattern matches
              the beginning of the value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br, then the result of  the
              expansion  is  the expanded value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br with the shortest
              matching pattern (the ``#\b#'' case) or the longest  matching  pat-
              tern  (the  ``#\b##\b#''  case)  deleted.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is @\b@ or *\b*, the
              pattern removal operation is applied to each positional  parame-
              ter in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\b-
              _\be_\bt_\be_\br is an array variable subscripted with @\b@ or *\b*,  the  pattern
              removal  operation  is  applied  to  each member of the array in
              turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br%\b%_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br%\b%%\b%_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd}
              R\bRe\bem\bmo\bov\bve\be m\bma\bat\btc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg s\bsu\buf\bff\bfi\bix\bx p\bpa\bat\btt\bte\ber\brn\bn.  The _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is expanded to produce
              a pattern just as in pathname expansion.  If the pattern matches
              a trailing portion of the expanded value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br, then  the
              result  of the expansion is the expanded value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br with
              the shortest matching pattern (the ``%\b%'' case)  or  the  longest
              matching  pattern  (the ``%\b%%\b%'' case) deleted.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is @\b@
              or *\b*, the pattern removal operation is  applied  to  each  posi-
              tional  parameter  in  turn,  and the expansion is the resultant
              list.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is an array variable subscripted with  @\b@  or
              *\b*,  the  pattern  removal operation is applied to each member of
              the array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant list.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br/\b/_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn/\b/_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg}
              P\bPa\bat\btt\bte\ber\brn\bn s\bsu\bub\bbs\bst\bti\bit\btu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn.  The _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn is expanded to produce a pat-
              tern  just  as in pathname expansion.  _\bP_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is expanded and
              the longest match of _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn against its value is replaced  with
              _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.   If  _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn  begins with /\b/, all matches of _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn are
              replaced  with  _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.   Normally  only  the  first  match   is
              replaced.  If _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn begins with #\b#, it must match at the begin-
              ning of the expanded value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br.  If _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn begins with
              %\b%,  it must match at the end of the expanded value of _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br.
              If _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is null, matches of _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn are deleted and the /\b/ fol-
              lowing _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn may be omitted.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is @\b@ or *\b*, the sub-
              stitution operation is applied to each positional  parameter  in
              turn,  and the expansion is the resultant list.  If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is
              an array variable subscripted with  @\b@  or  *\b*,  the  substitution
              operation  is  applied  to each member of the array in turn, and
              the expansion is the resultant list.

       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br^\b^_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br^\b^^\b^_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br,\b,_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn}
       ${_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br,\b,,\b,_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn}
              C\bCa\bas\bse\be m\bmo\bod\bdi\bif\bfi\bic\bca\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn.  This expansion modifies the case  of  alpha-
              betic  characters in _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br.  The _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn is expanded to pro-
              duce a pattern just as in pathname expansion.   The  ^\b^  operator
              converts  lowercase letters matching _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn to uppercase; the ,\b,
              operator converts matching uppercase letters to lowercase.   The
              ^\b^^\b^  and  ,\b,,\b,  expansions  convert  each  matched character in the
              expanded value; the ^\b^ and ,\b, expansions match  and  convert  only
              the  first character in the expanded value.  If _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn is omit-
              ted, it is treated like a ?\b?, which matches every character.   If
              _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br  is @\b@ or *\b*, the case modification operation is applied
              to each positional parameter in turn, and the expansion  is  the
              resultant  list.   If _\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br is an array variable subscripted
              with @\b@ or *\b*, the case modification operation is applied to  each
              member  of the array in turn, and the expansion is the resultant
              list.

   C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd S\bSu\bub\bbs\bst\bti\bit\btu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn
       _\bC_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bt_\bu_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn allows the output of a command to replace the com-
       mand name.  There are two forms:


              $\b$(\b(_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd)\b)
       or
              `\b`_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd`\b`

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh performs the expansion by executing _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd and replacing the com-
       mand substitution with the standard output of  the  command,  with  any
       trailing newlines deleted.  Embedded newlines are not deleted, but they
       may be removed during word splitting.  The command  substitution  $\b$(\b(c\bca\bat\bt
       _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be)\b) can be replaced by the equivalent but faster $\b$(\b(<\b< _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be)\b).

       When  the  old-style  backquote form of substitution is used, backslash
       retains its literal meaning except when followed by $\b$, `\b`,  or  \\b\.   The
       first backquote not preceded by a backslash terminates the command sub-
       stitution.  When using the $(_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd) form, all characters between  the
       parentheses make up the command; none are treated specially.

       Command substitutions may be nested.  To nest when using the backquoted
       form, escape the inner backquotes with backslashes.

       If the substitution appears within double quotes,  word  splitting  and
       pathname expansion are not performed on the results.

   A\bAr\bri\bit\bth\bhm\bme\bet\bti\bic\bc E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
       Arithmetic  expansion allows the evaluation of an arithmetic expression
       and the substitution of the result.  The format for  arithmetic  expan-
       sion is:

              $\b$(\b((\b(_\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn)\b))\b)

       The  _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn  is  treated  as if it were within double quotes, but a
       double quote inside the parentheses  is  not  treated  specially.   All
       tokens in the expression undergo parameter expansion, string expansion,
       command substitution, and quote removal.  Arithmetic expansions may  be
       nested.

       The  evaluation  is performed according to the rules listed below under
       A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN.  If _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn is invalid, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh prints a message
       indicating failure and no substitution occurs.

   P\bPr\bro\boc\bce\bes\bss\bs S\bSu\bub\bbs\bst\bti\bit\btu\but\bti\bio\bon\bn
       _\bP_\br_\bo_\bc_\be_\bs_\bs  _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bt_\bi_\bt_\bu_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn  is supported on systems that support named pipes
       (_\bF_\bI_\bF_\bO_\bs) or the /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/f\bfd\bd method of naming open files.  It takes the  form
       of  <\b<(\b(_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b) or >\b>(\b(_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b).  The process _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is run with its input or out-
       put connected to a _\bF_\bI_\bF_\bO or some file in /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/f\bfd\bd.  The name of this file
       is  passed  as  an argument to the current command as the result of the
       expansion.  If the >\b>(\b(_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b) form is used, writing to the file will  pro-
       vide  input  for _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.  If the <\b<(\b(_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b) form is used, the file passed as
       an argument should be read to obtain the output of _\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.

       When available, process substitution is performed  simultaneously  with
       parameter  and variable expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic
       expansion.

   W\bWo\bor\brd\bd S\bSp\bpl\bli\bit\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg
       The shell scans the results of parameter expansion,  command  substitu-
       tion,  and arithmetic expansion that did not occur within double quotes
       for _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd _\bs_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bt_\bt_\bi_\bn_\bg.

       The shell treats each character of I\bIF\bFS\bS as a delimiter, and  splits  the
       results of the other expansions into words on these characters.  If I\bIF\bFS\bS
       is unset, or its value is exactly <\b<s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be>\b><\b<t\bta\bab\bb>\b><\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b>,  the  default,
       then  sequences  of  <\b<s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be>\b>, <\b<t\bta\bab\bb>\b>, and <\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b> at the beginning and
       end of the results of the previous  expansions  are  ignored,  and  any
       sequence  of  I\bIF\bFS\bS  characters  not  at  the  beginning or end serves to
       delimit words.  If I\bIF\bFS\bS  has  a  value  other  than  the  default,  then
       sequences of the whitespace characters s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be and t\bta\bab\bb are ignored at the
       beginning and end of the word, as long as the whitespace  character  is
       in  the  value  of I\bIF\bFS\bS (an I\bIF\bFS\bS whitespace character).  Any character in
       I\bIF\bFS\bS that is not I\bIF\bFS\bS whitespace, along with any adjacent I\bIF\bFS\bS  whitespace
       characters,  delimits a field.  A sequence of I\bIF\bFS\bS whitespace characters
       is also treated as a delimiter.  If the value of I\bIF\bFS\bS is null,  no  word
       splitting occurs.

       Explicit  null  arguments  ("\b""\b"  or '\b''\b') are retained.  Unquoted implicit
       null arguments, resulting from the expansion of parameters that have no
       values,  are  removed.  If a parameter with no value is expanded within
       double quotes, a null argument results and is retained.

       Note that if no expansion occurs, no splitting is performed.

   P\bPa\bat\bth\bhn\bna\bam\bme\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
       After word splitting, unless the -\b-f\bf option has  been  set,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  scans
       each  word  for the characters *\b*, ?\b?, and [\b[.  If one of these characters
       appears, then the word is regarded as a _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn, and replaced  with  an
       alphabetically  sorted  list of file names matching the pattern.  If no
       matching file names are found, and the shell  option  n\bnu\bul\bll\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb  is  not
       enabled,  the  word  is left unchanged.  If the n\bnu\bul\bll\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb option is set,
       and no matches are found, the word is removed.  If the  f\bfa\bai\bil\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb  shell
       option  is  set,  and no matches are found, an error message is printed
       and the command is not executed.  If the  shell  option  n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\beg\bgl\blo\bob\bb  is
       enabled,  the  match  is performed without regard to the case of alpha-
       betic characters.  When a pattern is used for pathname  expansion,  the
       character  `\b``\b`.\b.'\b''\b'   at  the  start  of a name or immediately following a
       slash must be matched explicitly, unless the shell  option  d\bdo\bot\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb  is
       set.   When  matching  a  pathname,  the slash character must always be
       matched explicitly.  In  other  cases,  the  `\b``\b`.\b.'\b''\b'   character  is  not
       treated  specially.   See  the  description  of s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt below under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS for a description of the n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\beg\bgl\blo\bob\bb,  n\bnu\bul\bll\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb,  f\bfa\bai\bil\bl-\b-
       g\bgl\blo\bob\bb, and d\bdo\bot\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb shell options.

       The  G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE  shell variable may be used to restrict the set of file
       names matching a _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn.  If G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is  set,  each  matching  file
       name  that  also  matches  one of the patterns in G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is removed
       from the list of matches.  The file names `\b``\b`.\b.'\b''\b'  and `\b``\b`.\b..\b.'\b''\b'  are always
       ignored  when G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is set and not null.  However, setting G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bG-\b-
       N\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE to a non-null value has the effect of enabling the  d\bdo\bot\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb  shell
       option, so all other file names beginning with a `\b``\b`.\b.'\b''\b'  will match.  To
       get the old behavior of ignoring file names  beginning  with  a  `\b``\b`.\b.'\b''\b',
       make  `\b``\b`.\b.*\b*'\b''\b'  one of the patterns in G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE.  The d\bdo\bot\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb option is
       disabled when G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is unset.

       P\bPa\bat\btt\bte\ber\brn\bn M\bMa\bat\btc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg

       Any character that appears in a pattern, other than the special pattern
       characters  described below, matches itself.  The NUL character may not
       occur in a pattern.  A backslash escapes the following  character;  the
       escaping  backslash  is  discarded  when matching.  The special pattern
       characters must be quoted if they are to be matched literally.

       The special pattern characters have the following meanings:

              *\b*      Matches any string, including the null string.  When  the
                     g\bgl\blo\bob\bbs\bst\bta\bar\br  shell  option  is  enabled,  and *\b* is used in a
                     pathname expansion context, two adjacent  *\b*s  used  as  a
                     single  pattern  will  match  all  files and zero or more
                     directories and subdirectories.  If followed by a /\b/,  two
                     adjacent  *\b*s  will match only directories and subdirecto-
                     ries.
              ?\b?      Matches any single character.
              [\b[.\b..\b..\b.]\b]  Matches any one of the enclosed characters.   A  pair  of
                     characters  separated by a hyphen denotes a _\br_\ba_\bn_\bg_\be _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\be_\bs_\b-
                     _\bs_\bi_\bo_\bn; any character that sorts between those two  charac-
                     ters,  inclusive,  using  the  current locale's collating
                     sequence and character set, is  matched.   If  the  first
                     character following the [\b[ is a !\b!  or a ^\b^ then any charac-
                     ter not enclosed is matched.  The sorting order of  char-
                     acters  in range expressions is determined by the current
                     locale and the value of the L\bLC\bC_\b_C\bCO\bOL\bLL\bLA\bAT\bTE\bE shell variable, if
                     set.   A -\b- may be matched by including it as the first or
                     last character in the set.  A ]\b] may be matched by includ-
                     ing it as the first character in the set.

                     Within  [\b[ and ]\b], _\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br _\bc_\bl_\ba_\bs_\bs_\be_\bs can be specified using
                     the syntax [\b[:\b:_\bc_\bl_\ba_\bs_\bs:\b:]\b], where _\bc_\bl_\ba_\bs_\bs is one of the following
                     classes defined in the POSIX standard:
                     a\bal\bln\bnu\bum\bm  a\bal\blp\bph\bha\ba  a\bas\bsc\bci\bii\bi  b\bbl\bla\ban\bnk\bk  c\bcn\bnt\btr\brl\bl d\bdi\big\bgi\bit\bt g\bgr\bra\bap\bph\bh l\blo\bow\bwe\ber\br p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\bt
                     p\bpu\bun\bnc\bct\bt s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be u\bup\bpp\bpe\ber\br w\bwo\bor\brd\bd x\bxd\bdi\big\bgi\bit\bt
                     A character class matches any character belonging to that
                     class.  The w\bwo\bor\brd\bd character class matches letters, digits,
                     and the character _.

                     Within [\b[ and ]\b], an _\be_\bq_\bu_\bi_\bv_\ba_\bl_\be_\bn_\bc_\be  _\bc_\bl_\ba_\bs_\bs  can  be  specified
                     using the syntax [\b[=\b=_\bc=\b=]\b], which matches all characters with
                     the same collation weight  (as  defined  by  the  current
                     locale) as the character _\bc.

                     Within [\b[ and ]\b], the syntax [\b[.\b._\bs_\by_\bm_\bb_\bo_\bl.\b.]\b] matches the collat-
                     ing symbol _\bs_\by_\bm_\bb_\bo_\bl.

       If the e\bex\bxt\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb shell option is enabled using the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin, several
       extended  pattern  matching operators are recognized.  In the following
       description, a _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is a list of one or more patterns separated
       by a |\b|.  Composite patterns may be formed using one or more of the fol-
       lowing sub-patterns:

              ?\b?(\b(_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b)
                     Matches zero or one occurrence of the given patterns
              *\b*(\b(_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b)
                     Matches zero or more occurrences of the given patterns
              +\b+(\b(_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b)
                     Matches one or more occurrences of the given patterns
              @\b@(\b(_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b)
                     Matches one of the given patterns
              !\b!(\b(_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn_\b-_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt)\b)
                     Matches anything except one of the given patterns

   Q\bQu\buo\bot\bte\be R\bRe\bem\bmo\bov\bva\bal\bl
       After the preceding expansions, all unquoted occurrences of the charac-
       ters  \\b\,  '\b', and "\b" that did not result from one of the above expansions
       are removed.

R\bRE\bED\bDI\bIR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       Before a command is executed, its input and output  may  be  _\br_\be_\bd_\bi_\br_\be_\bc_\bt_\be_\bd
       using  a  special  notation  interpreted by the shell.  Redirection may
       also be used to open and close files for the  current  shell  execution
       environment.  The following redirection operators may precede or appear
       anywhere within a _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd or may follow a _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.  Redirections
       are processed in the order they appear, from left to right.

       Each  redirection  that may be preceded by a file descriptor number may
       instead be preceded by a word of the form {_\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be}.  In this case, for
       each redirection operator except >&- and <&-, the shell will allocate a
       file descriptor greater than 10 and assign it to _\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.   If  >&-  or
       <&-  is  preceded  by  {_\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be}, the value of _\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be defines the file
       descriptor to close.

       In the following descriptions, if the file descriptor number  is  omit-
       ted,  and the first character of the redirection operator is <\b<, the re-
       direction refers to the standard input (file  descriptor  0).   If  the
       first  character  of  the  redirection  operator  is >\b>, the redirection
       refers to the standard output (file descriptor 1).

       The word following the redirection operator in the  following  descrip-
       tions,  unless  otherwise noted, is subjected to brace expansion, tilde
       expansion, parameter expansion, command substitution, arithmetic expan-
       sion,  quote  removal,  pathname  expansion, and word splitting.  If it
       expands to more than one word, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reports an error.

       Note that the order of redirections is significant.  For  example,  the
       command

              ls >\b> dirlist 2>\b>&\b&1

       directs  both  standard  output and standard error to the file _\bd_\bi_\br_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt,
       while the command

              ls 2>\b>&\b&1 >\b> dirlist

       directs only the standard output to file _\bd_\bi_\br_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt, because the  standard
       error  was duplicated from the standard output before the standard out-
       put was redirected to _\bd_\bi_\br_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt.

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh handles several filenames specially when they are used in redirec-
       tions, as described in the following table:

              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/f\bfd\bd/\b/_\bf_\bd
                     If  _\bf_\bd  is  a valid integer, file descriptor _\bf_\bd is dupli-
                     cated.
              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/s\bst\btd\bdi\bin\bn
                     File descriptor 0 is duplicated.
              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/s\bst\btd\bdo\bou\but\bt
                     File descriptor 1 is duplicated.
              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/s\bst\btd\bde\ber\brr\br
                     File descriptor 2 is duplicated.
              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/t\btc\bcp\bp/\b/_\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt/\b/_\bp_\bo_\br_\bt
                     If _\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt is a valid hostname or Internet address, and _\bp_\bo_\br_\bt
                     is  an integer port number or service name, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh attempts
                     to open a TCP connection to the corresponding socket.
              /\b/d\bde\bev\bv/\b/u\bud\bdp\bp/\b/_\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt/\b/_\bp_\bo_\br_\bt
                     If _\bh_\bo_\bs_\bt is a valid hostname or Internet address, and _\bp_\bo_\br_\bt
                     is  an integer port number or service name, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh attempts
                     to open a UDP connection to the corresponding socket.

       A failure to open or create a file causes the redirection to fail.

       Redirections using file descriptors greater than 9 should be used  with
       care,  as they may conflict with file descriptors the shell uses inter-
       nally.

   R\bRe\bed\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bti\bin\bng\bg I\bIn\bnp\bpu\but\bt
       Redirection of input causes the file whose name results from the expan-
       sion  of  _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd  to  be  opened for reading on file descriptor _\bn, or the
       standard input (file descriptor 0) if _\bn is not specified.

       The general format for redirecting input is:

              [_\bn]<\b<_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

   R\bRe\bed\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bti\bin\bng\bg O\bOu\but\btp\bpu\but\bt
       Redirection of output causes the  file  whose  name  results  from  the
       expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd to be opened for writing on file descriptor _\bn, or the
       standard output (file descriptor 1) if _\bn is not specified.  If the file
       does  not exist it is created; if it does exist it is truncated to zero
       size.

       The general format for redirecting output is:

              [_\bn]>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       If the redirection operator is >\b>, and the n\bno\boc\bcl\blo\bob\bbb\bbe\ber\br option to  the  s\bse\bet\bt
       builtin  has  been enabled, the redirection will fail if the file whose
       name results from the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd exists and is a  regular  file.
       If the redirection operator is >\b>|\b|, or the redirection operator is >\b> and
       the n\bno\boc\bcl\blo\bob\bbb\bbe\ber\br option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command is not enabled, the re-
       direction is attempted even if the file named by _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd exists.

   A\bAp\bpp\bpe\ben\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bg R\bRe\bed\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bte\bed\bd O\bOu\but\btp\bpu\but\bt
       Redirection  of  output  in  this  fashion  causes  the file whose name
       results from the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd to be opened for appending  on  file
       descriptor  _\bn,  or  the standard output (file descriptor 1) if _\bn is not
       specified.  If the file does not exist it is created.

       The general format for appending output is:

              [_\bn]>\b>>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd


   R\bRe\bed\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bti\bin\bng\bg S\bSt\bta\ban\bnd\bda\bar\brd\bd O\bOu\but\btp\bpu\but\bt a\ban\bnd\bd S\bSt\bta\ban\bnd\bda\bar\brd\bd E\bEr\brr\bro\bor\br
       This construct allows both the standard output (file descriptor 1)  and
       the  standard  error output (file descriptor 2) to be redirected to the
       file whose name is the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd.

       There are two formats for  redirecting  standard  output  and  standard
       error:

              &\b&>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd
       and
              >\b>&\b&_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       Of the two forms, the first is preferred.  This is semantically equiva-
       lent to

              >\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd 2>\b>&\b&1


   A\bAp\bpp\bpe\ben\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bg S\bSt\bta\ban\bnd\bda\bar\brd\bd O\bOu\but\btp\bpu\but\bt a\ban\bnd\bd S\bSt\bta\ban\bnd\bda\bar\brd\bd E\bEr\brr\bro\bor\br
       This construct allows both the standard output (file descriptor 1)  and
       the  standard  error  output  (file descriptor 2) to be appended to the
       file whose name is the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd.

       The format for appending standard output and standard error is:

              &\b&>\b>>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       This is semantically equivalent to

              >\b>>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd 2>\b>&\b&1

   H\bHe\ber\bre\be D\bDo\boc\bcu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs
       This type of redirection instructs the shell to  read  input  from  the
       current source until a line containing only _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt_\be_\br (with no trailing
       blanks) is seen.  All of the lines read up to that point are then  used
       as the standard input for a command.

       The format of here-documents is:

              <\b<<\b<[-\b-]_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd
                      _\bh_\be_\br_\be_\b-_\bd_\bo_\bc_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt
              _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt_\be_\br

       No  parameter expansion, command substitution, arithmetic expansion, or
       pathname expansion is performed on _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd.  If any characters in _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd are
       quoted,  the  _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt_\be_\br is the result of quote removal on _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd, and the
       lines in the here-document are not expanded.  If _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is unquoted,  all
       lines  of  the here-document are subjected to parameter expansion, com-
       mand substitution, and arithmetic expansion.  In the latter  case,  the
       character  sequence  \\b\<\b<n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be>\b> is ignored, and \\b\ must be used to quote
       the characters \\b\, $\b$, and `\b`.

       If the redirection operator is <\b<<\b<-\b-, then all leading tab characters are
       stripped  from  input  lines  and  the line containing _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt_\be_\br.  This
       allows here-documents within shell scripts to be indented in a  natural
       fashion.

   H\bHe\ber\bre\be S\bSt\btr\bri\bin\bng\bgs\bs
       A variant of here documents, the format is:

              <\b<<\b<<\b<_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       The _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is expanded and supplied to the command on its standard input.

   D\bDu\bup\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bti\bin\bng\bg F\bFi\bil\ble\be D\bDe\bes\bsc\bcr\bri\bip\bpt\bto\bor\brs\bs
       The redirection operator

              [_\bn]<\b<&\b&_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       is used to duplicate input file descriptors.  If _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd expands to one or
       more  digits,  the file descriptor denoted by _\bn is made to be a copy of
       that file descriptor.  If the digits in _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd  do  not  specify  a  file
       descriptor  open for input, a redirection error occurs.  If _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd evalu-
       ates to -\b-, file descriptor _\bn is closed.  If _\bn  is  not  specified,  the
       standard input (file descriptor 0) is used.

       The operator

              [_\bn]>\b>&\b&_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       is  used  similarly  to duplicate output file descriptors.  If _\bn is not
       specified, the standard output (file descriptor 1)  is  used.   If  the
       digits  in _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd do not specify a file descriptor open for output, a re-
       direction error occurs.  As a special case, if _\bn is omitted,  and  _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd
       does not expand to one or more digits, the standard output and standard
       error are redirected as described previously.

   M\bMo\bov\bvi\bin\bng\bg F\bFi\bil\ble\be D\bDe\bes\bsc\bcr\bri\bip\bpt\bto\bor\brs\bs
       The redirection operator

              [_\bn]<\b<&\b&_\bd_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bt-\b-

       moves the file descriptor _\bd_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bt to file descriptor _\bn, or  the  standard
       input (file descriptor 0) if _\bn is not specified.  _\bd_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bt is closed after
       being duplicated to _\bn.

       Similarly, the redirection operator

              [_\bn]>\b>&\b&_\bd_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bt-\b-

       moves the file descriptor _\bd_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bt to file descriptor _\bn, or  the  standard
       output (file descriptor 1) if _\bn is not specified.

   O\bOp\bpe\ben\bni\bin\bng\bg F\bFi\bil\ble\be D\bDe\bes\bsc\bcr\bri\bip\bpt\bto\bor\brs\bs f\bfo\bor\br R\bRe\bea\bad\bdi\bin\bng\bg a\ban\bnd\bd W\bWr\bri\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg
       The redirection operator

              [_\bn]<\b<>\b>_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd

       causes  the  file  whose name is the expansion of _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd to be opened for
       both reading and writing on file descriptor _\bn, or on file descriptor  0
       if _\bn is not specified.  If the file does not exist, it is created.

A\bAL\bLI\bIA\bAS\bSE\bES\bS
       _\bA_\bl_\bi_\ba_\bs_\be_\bs  allow a string to be substituted for a word when it is used as
       the first word of a simple command.  The  shell  maintains  a  list  of
       aliases  that  may  be set and unset with the a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs and u\bun\bna\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs builtin
       commands (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  The first  word  of  each
       simple  command, if unquoted, is checked to see if it has an alias.  If
       so, that word is replaced by the text of the alias.  The characters  /\b/,
       $\b$,  `\b`,  and =\b= and any of the shell _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br_\bs or quoting characters
       listed above may not appear in an alias name.  The replacement text may
       contain  any  valid  shell  input, including shell metacharacters.  The
       first word of the replacement text is tested for aliases,  but  a  word
       that  is  identical to an alias being expanded is not expanded a second
       time.  This means that one may alias l\bls\bs to l\bls\bs  -\b-F\bF,  for  instance,  and
       b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  does  not try to recursively expand the replacement text.  If the
       last character of the alias value is a _\bb_\bl_\ba_\bn_\bk,  then  the  next  command
       word following the alias is also checked for alias expansion.

       Aliases are created and listed with the a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs command, and removed with
       the u\bun\bna\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs command.

       There is no mechanism for using arguments in the replacement text.   If
       arguments  are  needed,  a shell function should be used (see F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS
       below).

       Aliases are not expanded when the shell is not interactive, unless  the
       e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd_\b_a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs  shell option is set using s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt (see the description of
       s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

       The rules concerning the definition and use  of  aliases  are  somewhat
       confusing.   B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  always  reads  at  least  one complete line of input
       before executing any  of  the  commands  on  that  line.   Aliases  are
       expanded  when  a command is read, not when it is executed.  Therefore,
       an alias definition appearing on the same line as another command  does
       not  take  effect  until  the next line of input is read.  The commands
       following the alias definition on that line are not affected by the new
       alias.   This  behavior  is  also an issue when functions are executed.
       Aliases are expanded when a function definition is read, not  when  the
       function  is  executed,  because a function definition is itself a com-
       pound command.  As a consequence, aliases defined in a function are not
       available  until  after  that function is executed.  To be safe, always
       put alias definitions on a separate line, and do not use a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs in  com-
       pound commands.

       For almost every purpose, aliases are superseded by shell functions.

F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS
       A  shell  function,  defined  as  described  above under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR,
       stores a series of commands for later execution.  When the  name  of  a
       shell  function  is used as a simple command name, the list of commands
       associated with that function name is executed.  Functions are executed
       in  the  context  of  the  current  shell; no new process is created to
       interpret them (contrast this with the execution of  a  shell  script).
       When  a  function is executed, the arguments to the function become the
       positional parameters during its execution.  The special parameter #\b# is
       updated  to reflect the change.  Special parameter 0\b0 is unchanged.  The
       first element of the F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE variable is set to the name of the  func-
       tion while the function is executing.

       All  other  aspects  of  the  shell execution environment are identical
       between a function and its caller with these exceptions:  the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG and
       R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN  traps  (see  the  description  of  the t\btr\bra\bap\bp builtin under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below) are not inherited unless the function has  been
       given  the  t\btr\bra\bac\bce\be attribute (see the description of the d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin
       below) or the -\b-o\bo f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\btr\bra\bac\bce\be shell option has been enabled with  the  s\bse\bet\bt
       builtin  (in  which  case  all  functions  inherit the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG and R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN
       traps), and the E\bER\bRR\bR trap is not inherited unless the -\b-o\bo e\ber\brr\brt\btr\bra\bac\bce\be  shell
       option has been enabled.

       Variables  local to the function may be declared with the l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl builtin
       command.  Ordinarily, variables and their values are shared between the
       function and its caller.

       The  F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNE\bES\bST\bT  variable,  if  set  to  a  numeric value greater than 0,
       defines a maximum function nesting level.   Function  invocations  that
       exceed the limit cause the entire command to abort.

       If  the  builtin command r\bre\bet\btu\bur\brn\bn is executed in a function, the function
       completes and execution resumes with the next command after  the  func-
       tion  call.   Any  command  associated with the R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN trap is executed
       before execution resumes.  When a function completes, the values of the
       positional  parameters  and the special parameter #\b# are restored to the
       values they had prior to the function's execution.

       Function names and definitions may be listed with the -\b-f\bf option to  the
       d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be or t\bty\byp\bpe\bes\bse\bet\bt builtin commands.  The -\b-F\bF option to d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be or t\bty\byp\bpe\be-\b-
       s\bse\bet\bt will list the function names only (and optionally the  source  file
       and  line  number, if the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg shell option is enabled).  Functions
       may be exported so that subshells automatically have them defined  with
       the  -\b-f\bf  option  to  the  e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt builtin.  A function definition may be
       deleted using the -\b-f\bf option to the  u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt  builtin.   Note  that  shell
       functions and variables with the same name may result in multiple iden-
       tically-named entries in the environment passed to  the  shell's  chil-
       dren.  Care should be taken in cases where this may cause a problem.

       Functions may be recursive.  The F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNE\bES\bST\bT variable may be used to limit
       the depth of the function call stack and restrict the number  of  func-
       tion  invocations.   By  default,  no limit is imposed on the number of
       recursive calls.

A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       The shell allows arithmetic expressions to be evaluated, under  certain
       circumstances  (see the l\ble\bet\bt and d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin commands and A\bAr\bri\bit\bth\bhm\bme\bet\bti\bic\bc
       E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn).  Evaluation is done in fixed-width integers with  no  check
       for  overflow, though division by 0 is trapped and flagged as an error.
       The operators and their precedence, associativity, and values  are  the
       same  as in the C language.  The following list of operators is grouped
       into levels of equal-precedence operators.  The levels  are  listed  in
       order of decreasing precedence.

       _\bi_\bd+\b++\b+ _\bi_\bd-\b--\b-
              variable post-increment and post-decrement
       +\b++\b+_\bi_\bd -\b--\b-_\bi_\bd
              variable pre-increment and pre-decrement
       -\b- +\b+    unary minus and plus
       !\b! ~\b~    logical and bitwise negation
       *\b**\b*     exponentiation
       *\b* /\b/ %\b%  multiplication, division, remainder
       +\b+ -\b-    addition, subtraction
       <\b<<\b< >\b>>\b>  left and right bitwise shifts
       <\b<=\b= >\b>=\b= <\b< >\b>
              comparison
       =\b==\b= !\b!=\b=  equality and inequality
       &\b&      bitwise AND
       ^\b^      bitwise exclusive OR
       |\b|      bitwise OR
       &\b&&\b&     logical AND
       |\b||\b|     logical OR
       _\be_\bx_\bp_\br?\b?_\be_\bx_\bp_\br:\b:_\be_\bx_\bp_\br
              conditional operator
       =\b= *\b*=\b= /\b/=\b= %\b%=\b= +\b+=\b= -\b-=\b= <\b<<\b<=\b= >\b>>\b>=\b= &\b&=\b= ^\b^=\b= |\b|=\b=
              assignment
       _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 ,\b, _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2
              comma

       Shell  variables  are  allowed as operands; parameter expansion is per-
       formed before the expression is evaluated.  Within an expression, shell
       variables  may  also  be referenced by name without using the parameter
       expansion syntax.  A shell variable that is null or unset evaluates  to
       0 when referenced by name without using the parameter expansion syntax.
       The value of a variable is evaluated as an arithmetic  expression  when
       it  is  referenced, or when a variable which has been given the _\bi_\bn_\bt_\be_\bg_\be_\br
       attribute using d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be -\b-i\bi is assigned a value.  A null value evaluates
       to  0.   A shell variable need not have its _\bi_\bn_\bt_\be_\bg_\be_\br attribute turned on
       to be used in an expression.

       Constants with a leading 0 are interpreted as octal numbers.  A leading
       0x  or  0X  denotes  hexadecimal.   Otherwise,  numbers  take  the form
       [_\bb_\ba_\bs_\be_\b#]n, where the optional _\bb_\ba_\bs_\be is a decimal number between 2 and  64
       representing  the  arithmetic base, and _\bn is a number in that base.  If
       _\bb_\ba_\bs_\be_\b# is omitted, then base 10 is used.  The digits greater than 9  are
       represented  by the lowercase letters, the uppercase letters, @, and _,
       in that order.  If _\bb_\ba_\bs_\be is less than or  equal  to  36,  lowercase  and
       uppercase  letters  may  be  used  interchangeably to represent numbers
       between 10 and 35.

       Operators are evaluated in order  of  precedence.   Sub-expressions  in
       parentheses  are  evaluated first and may override the precedence rules
       above.

C\bCO\bON\bND\bDI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNA\bAL\bL E\bEX\bXP\bPR\bRE\bES\bSS\bSI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS
       Conditional expressions are used by the [\b[[\b[  compound  command  and  the
       t\bte\bes\bst\bt  and [\b[ builtin commands to test file attributes and perform string
       and arithmetic comparisons.  Expressions are formed from the  following
       unary  or  binary  primaries.   If any _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be argument to one of the pri-
       maries is of the form _\b/_\bd_\be_\bv_\b/_\bf_\bd_\b/_\bn, then file descriptor _\bn is checked.  If
       the  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be  argument  to  one  of  the  primaries  is one of _\b/_\bd_\be_\bv_\b/_\bs_\bt_\bd_\bi_\bn,
       _\b/_\bd_\be_\bv_\b/_\bs_\bt_\bd_\bo_\bu_\bt, or _\b/_\bd_\be_\bv_\b/_\bs_\bt_\bd_\be_\br_\br, file descriptor 0, 1, or 2,  respectively,
       is checked.

       Unless otherwise specified, primaries that operate on files follow sym-
       bolic links and operate on the target of the link, rather than the link
       itself.

       When  used  with [\b[[\b[, the <\b< and >\b> operators sort lexicographically using
       the current locale.  The t\bte\bes\bst\bt command sorts using ASCII ordering.

       -\b-a\ba _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists.
       -\b-b\bb _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a block special file.
       -\b-c\bc _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a character special file.
       -\b-d\bd _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a directory.
       -\b-e\be _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists.
       -\b-f\bf _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a regular file.
       -\b-g\bg _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is set-group-id.
       -\b-h\bh _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a symbolic link.
       -\b-k\bk _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and its ``sticky'' bit is set.
       -\b-p\bp _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a named pipe (FIFO).
       -\b-r\br _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is readable.
       -\b-s\bs _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and has a size greater than zero.
       -\b-t\bt _\bf_\bd  True if file descriptor _\bf_\bd is open and refers to a terminal.
       -\b-u\bu _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and its set-user-id bit is set.
       -\b-w\bw _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is writable.
       -\b-x\bx _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is executable.
       -\b-G\bG _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is owned by the effective group id.
       -\b-L\bL _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a symbolic link.
       -\b-N\bN _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and has been  modified  since  it  was  last
              read.
       -\b-O\bO _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is owned by the effective user id.
       -\b-S\bS _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be exists and is a socket.
       _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 -\b-e\bef\bf _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2
              True  if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 and _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2 refer to the same device and inode num-
              bers.
       _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 -n\bnt\bt _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2
              True if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 is newer (according  to  modification  date)  than
              _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2, or if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 exists and _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2 does not.
       _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 -o\bot\bt _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2
              True  if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1 is older than _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2, or if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b2 exists and _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b1
              does not.
       -\b-o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              True if the shell option _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is enabled.  See  the  list  of
              options  under  the  description  of  the  -\b-o\bo  option to the s\bse\bet\bt
              builtin below.
       -\b-v\bv _\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              True if the shell variable _\bv_\ba_\br_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is set (has been  assigned  a
              value).
       -\b-z\bz _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg
              True if the length of _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is zero.
       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg
       -\b-n\bn _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg
              True if the length of _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is non-zero.

       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 =\b==\b= _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2
       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 =\b= _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2
              True  if  the strings are equal.  =\b= should be used with the t\bte\bes\bst\bt
              command for POSIX conformance.

       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 !\b!=\b= _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2
              True if the strings are not equal.

       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 <\b< _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2
              True if _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 sorts before _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2 lexicographically.

       _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 >\b> _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2
              True if _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1 sorts after _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2 lexicographically.

       _\ba_\br_\bg_\b1 O\bOP\bP _\ba_\br_\bg_\b2
              O\bOP\bP is one of -\b-e\beq\bq, -\b-n\bne\be, -\b-l\blt\bt, -\b-l\ble\be, -\b-g\bgt\bt, or -\b-g\bge\be.  These  arithmetic
              binary  operators return true if _\ba_\br_\bg_\b1 is equal to, not equal to,
              less than, less than or equal to, greater than, or greater  than
              or  equal  to _\ba_\br_\bg_\b2, respectively.  _\bA_\br_\bg_\b1 and _\ba_\br_\bg_\b2 may be positive
              or negative integers.

S\bSI\bIM\bMP\bPL\bLE\bE C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN
       When a simple command is executed, the  shell  performs  the  following
       expansions, assignments, and redirections, from left to right.

       1.     The  words  that  the  parser has marked as variable assignments
              (those preceding the command name) and  redirections  are  saved
              for later processing.

       2.     The  words that are not variable assignments or redirections are
              expanded.  If any words remain after expansion, the  first  word
              is  taken  to be the name of the command and the remaining words
              are the arguments.

       3.     Redirections are performed as described above under R\bRE\bED\bDI\bIR\bRE\bEC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN.

       4.     The text after the =\b= in each variable assignment undergoes tilde
              expansion, parameter expansion, command substitution, arithmetic
              expansion,  and quote removal before being assigned to the vari-
              able.

       If no command name results, the variable assignments affect the current
       shell  environment.  Otherwise, the variables are added to the environ-
       ment of the executed command and do not affect the current shell  envi-
       ronment.   If  any  of  the assignments attempts to assign a value to a
       readonly variable, an error occurs, and the command exits with  a  non-
       zero status.

       If  no  command  name  results,  redirections are performed, but do not
       affect the current shell environment.  A redirection error  causes  the
       command to exit with a non-zero status.

       If  there is a command name left after expansion, execution proceeds as
       described below.  Otherwise, the command exits.  If one of  the  expan-
       sions  contained a command substitution, the exit status of the command
       is the exit status of the  last  command  substitution  performed.   If
       there were no command substitutions, the command exits with a status of
       zero.

C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
       After a command has been split into words, if it results  in  a  simple
       command  and  an  optional list of arguments, the following actions are
       taken.

       If the command name contains no slashes, the shell attempts  to  locate
       it.   If  there  exists a shell function by that name, that function is
       invoked as described above in F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS.  If the name does not match  a
       function,  the shell searches for it in the list of shell builtins.  If
       a match is found, that builtin is invoked.

       If the name is neither a shell function nor a builtin, and contains  no
       slashes,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  searches  each element of the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH for a directory con-
       taining an executable file by that name.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh uses  a  hash  table  to
       remember  the  full pathnames of executable files (see h\bha\bas\bsh\bh under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  A full search of the directories in  P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH  is
       performed  only  if the command is not found in the hash table.  If the
       search is unsuccessful, the shell searches for a defined shell function
       named c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd_\b_n\bno\bot\bt_\b_f\bfo\bou\bun\bnd\bd_\b_h\bha\ban\bnd\bdl\ble\be.  If that function exists, it is invoked
       with the original command and the original command's arguments  as  its
       arguments,  and  the  function's exit status becomes the exit status of
       the shell.  If that function is not defined, the shell prints an  error
       message and returns an exit status of 127.

       If  the  search  is  successful, or if the command name contains one or
       more slashes, the shell executes the named program in a separate execu-
       tion environment.  Argument 0 is set to the name given, and the remain-
       ing arguments to the command are set to the arguments given, if any.

       If this execution fails because the file is not in  executable  format,
       and  the file is not a directory, it is assumed to be a _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl _\bs_\bc_\br_\bi_\bp_\bt, a
       file containing shell commands.  A subshell is spawned to  execute  it.
       This  subshell  reinitializes itself, so that the effect is as if a new
       shell had been invoked to handle the script, with  the  exception  that
       the  locations  of  commands  remembered  by the parent (see h\bha\bas\bsh\bh below
       under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS) are retained by the child.

       If the program is a file beginning with #\b#!\b!, the remainder of the  first
       line  specifies an interpreter for the program.  The shell executes the
       specified interpreter on operating systems that do not handle this exe-
       cutable format themselves.  The arguments to the interpreter consist of
       a single optional argument following the interpreter name on the  first
       line  of  the program, followed by the name of the program, followed by
       the command arguments, if any.

C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN E\bEN\bNV\bVI\bIR\bRO\bON\bNM\bME\bEN\bNT\bT
       The shell has an _\be_\bx_\be_\bc_\bu_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\be_\bn_\bv_\bi_\br_\bo_\bn_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt, which consists of  the  follow-
       ing:


       +\bo      open  files inherited by the shell at invocation, as modified by
              redirections supplied to the e\bex\bxe\bec\bc builtin

       +\bo      the current working directory as set by c\bcd\bd, p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd, or  p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd,  or
              inherited by the shell at invocation

       +\bo      the  file  creation  mode mask as set by u\bum\bma\bas\bsk\bk or inherited from
              the shell's parent

       +\bo      current traps set by t\btr\bra\bap\bp

       +\bo      shell parameters that are set by variable assignment or with s\bse\bet\bt
              or inherited from the shell's parent in the environment

       +\bo      shell  functions  defined during execution or inherited from the
              shell's parent in the environment

       +\bo      options enabled at invocation (either by default  or  with  com-
              mand-line arguments) or by s\bse\bet\bt

       +\bo      options enabled by s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt

       +\bo      shell aliases defined with a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs

       +\bo      various  process  IDs,  including  those of background jobs, the
              value of $\b$$\b$, and the value of P\bPP\bPI\bID\bD

       When a simple command other than a builtin or shell function is  to  be
       executed,  it  is invoked in a separate execution environment that con-
       sists of the following.  Unless otherwise noted, the values are  inher-
       ited from the shell.


       +\bo      the  shell's  open  files,  plus any modifications and additions
              specified by redirections to the command

       +\bo      the current working directory

       +\bo      the file creation mode mask

       +\bo      shell variables and functions  marked  for  export,  along  with
              variables exported for the command, passed in the environment

       +\bo      traps caught by the shell are reset to the values inherited from
              the shell's parent, and traps ignored by the shell are ignored

       A command invoked  in  this  separate  environment  cannot  affect  the
       shell's execution environment.

       Command  substitution, commands grouped with parentheses, and asynchro-
       nous commands are invoked in a subshell environment that is a duplicate
       of  the  shell  environment,  except that traps caught by the shell are
       reset to the values that the shell inherited from its parent at invoca-
       tion.  Builtin commands that are invoked as part of a pipeline are also
       executed in a subshell environment.  Changes made to the subshell envi-
       ronment cannot affect the shell's execution environment.

       Subshells spawned to execute command substitutions inherit the value of
       the -\b-e\be option from the parent shell.  When  not  in  _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx  mode,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       clears the -\b-e\be option in such subshells.

       If  a  command  is  followed  by a &\b& and job control is not active, the
       default standard input for the command is  the  empty  file  _\b/_\bd_\be_\bv_\b/_\bn_\bu_\bl_\bl.
       Otherwise,  the  invoked  command  inherits the file descriptors of the
       calling shell as modified by redirections.

E\bEN\bNV\bVI\bIR\bRO\bON\bNM\bME\bEN\bNT\bT
       When a program is invoked it is given an array of  strings  called  the
       _\be_\bn_\bv_\bi_\br_\bo_\bn_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt.   This  is  a  list  of  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be-_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  pairs,  of  the  form
       _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be.

       The shell provides several ways  to  manipulate  the  environment.   On
       invocation, the shell scans its own environment and creates a parameter
       for each name found, automatically marking it for _\be_\bx_\bp_\bo_\br_\bt to child  pro-
       cesses.   Executed  commands  inherit  the environment.  The e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt and
       d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be -\b-x\bx commands allow parameters and functions to be added  to  and
       deleted from the environment.  If the value of a parameter in the envi-
       ronment is modified, the new value becomes  part  of  the  environment,
       replacing  the  old.  The environment inherited by any executed command
       consists of the shell's initial environment, whose values may be  modi-
       fied  in  the  shell, less any pairs removed by the u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt command, plus
       any additions via the e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt and d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be -\b-x\bx commands.

       The environment for any _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd or  function  may  be  augmented
       temporarily  by  prefixing  it with parameter assignments, as described
       above in P\bPA\bAR\bRA\bAM\bME\bET\bTE\bER\bRS\bS.  These assignment statements affect only the envi-
       ronment seen by that command.

       If  the  -\b-k\bk option is set (see the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command below), then _\ba_\bl_\bl
       parameter assignments are placed in the environment for a command,  not
       just those that precede the command name.

       When  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  invokes  an  external command, the variable _\b_ is set to the
       full file name of the command and passed to that command in  its  envi-
       ronment.

E\bEX\bXI\bIT\bT S\bST\bTA\bAT\bTU\bUS\bS
       The  exit  status  of  an executed command is the value returned by the
       _\bw_\ba_\bi_\bt_\bp_\bi_\bd system call or equivalent function.  Exit statuses fall between
       0  and  255, though, as explained below, the shell may use values above
       125 specially.  Exit statuses from shell builtins and compound commands
       are  also limited to this range. Under certain circumstances, the shell
       will use special values to indicate specific failure modes.

       For the shell's purposes, a command which exits with a zero exit status
       has  succeeded.   An exit status of zero indicates success.  A non-zero
       exit status indicates failure.  When a command terminates  on  a  fatal
       signal _\bN, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh uses the value of 128+_\bN as the exit status.

       If  a  command  is  not  found, the child process created to execute it
       returns a status of 127.  If a command is found but is not  executable,
       the return status is 126.

       If a command fails because of an error during expansion or redirection,
       the exit status is greater than zero.

       Shell builtin commands return a status of 0 (_\bt_\br_\bu_\be) if  successful,  and
       non-zero  (_\bf_\ba_\bl_\bs_\be)  if an error occurs while they execute.  All builtins
       return an exit status of 2 to indicate incorrect usage.

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh itself returns the exit  status  of  the  last  command  executed,
       unless  a  syntax  error occurs, in which case it exits with a non-zero
       value.  See also the e\bex\bxi\bit\bt builtin command below.

S\bSI\bIG\bGN\bNA\bAL\bLS\bS
       When b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is interactive, in the  absence  of  any  traps,  it  ignores
       S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTE\bER\bRM\bM (so that k\bki\bil\bll\bl 0\b0 does not kill an interactive shell), and S\bSI\bIG\bGI\bIN\bNT\bT
       is caught and handled (so that the w\bwa\bai\bit\bt builtin is interruptible).   In
       all  cases,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  ignores  S\bSI\bIG\bGQ\bQU\bUI\bIT\bT.  If job control is in effect, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       ignores S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTT\bTI\bIN\bN, S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTT\bTO\bOU\bU, and S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTS\bST\bTP\bP.

       Non-builtin commands run by b\bba\bas\bsh\bh have signal handlers set to the values
       inherited  by  the  shell  from its parent.  When job control is not in
       effect, asynchronous commands ignore S\bSI\bIG\bGI\bIN\bNT\bT and S\bSI\bIG\bGQ\bQU\bUI\bIT\bT in addition  to
       these  inherited handlers.  Commands run as a result of command substi-
       tution ignore the keyboard-generated job control signals S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTT\bTI\bIN\bN, S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bT-\b-
       T\bTO\bOU\bU, and S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTS\bST\bTP\bP.

       The  shell  exits by default upon receipt of a S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP.  Before exiting,
       an interactive shell  resends  the  S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP  to  all  jobs,  running  or
       stopped.  Stopped jobs are sent S\bSI\bIG\bGC\bCO\bON\bNT\bT to ensure that they receive the
       S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP.  To prevent the shell from sending the signal to  a  particular
       job,  it  should be removed from the jobs table with the d\bdi\bis\bso\bow\bwn\bn builtin
       (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below) or  marked  to  not  receive  S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP
       using d\bdi\bis\bso\bow\bwn\bn -\b-h\bh.

       If  the  h\bhu\bup\bpo\bon\bne\bex\bxi\bit\bt  shell  option has been set with s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh sends a
       S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP to all jobs when an interactive login shell exits.

       If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is waiting for a command to complete and receives a signal  for
       which a trap has been set, the trap will not be executed until the com-
       mand completes.  When b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is waiting for an asynchronous  command  via
       the  w\bwa\bai\bit\bt  builtin, the reception of a signal for which a trap has been
       set will cause the w\bwa\bai\bit\bt builtin to return immediately with an exit sta-
       tus greater than 128, immediately after which the trap is executed.

J\bJO\bOB\bB C\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL
       _\bJ_\bo_\bb  _\bc_\bo_\bn_\bt_\br_\bo_\bl  refers  to  the ability to selectively stop (_\bs_\bu_\bs_\bp_\be_\bn_\bd) the
       execution of processes and continue (_\br_\be_\bs_\bu_\bm_\be) their execution at a later
       point.   A  user  typically  employs  this  facility via an interactive
       interface supplied jointly by the operating  system  kernel's  terminal
       driver and b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.

       The  shell  associates  a  _\bj_\bo_\bb with each pipeline.  It keeps a table of
       currently executing jobs, which may be listed with  the  j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs  command.
       When  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh starts a job asynchronously (in the _\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk_\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd), it prints a
       line that looks like:

              [1] 25647

       indicating that this job is job number 1 and that the process ID of the
       last process in the pipeline associated with this job is 25647.  All of
       the processes in a single pipeline are members of the same  job.   B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh
       uses the _\bj_\bo_\bb abstraction as the basis for job control.

       To  facilitate the implementation of the user interface to job control,
       the operating system maintains the notion of a _\bc_\bu_\br_\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bt_\be_\br_\bm_\bi_\bn_\ba_\bl _\bp_\br_\bo_\bc_\be_\bs_\bs
       _\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bp _\bI_\bD.  Members of this process group (processes whose process group
       ID is equal to the current terminal process group ID) receive keyboard-
       generated  signals  such  as S\bSI\bIG\bGI\bIN\bNT\bT.  These processes are said to be in
       the _\bf_\bo_\br_\be_\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd.  _\bB_\ba_\bc_\bk_\bg_\br_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bd processes are those whose process group  ID
       differs from the terminal's; such processes are immune to keyboard-gen-
       erated signals.  Only foreground processes are allowed to read from or,
       if  the  user  so  specifies  with  stty tostop, write to the terminal.
       Background processes which attempt to read from  (write  to  when  stty
       tostop  is  in effect) the terminal are sent a S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTT\bTI\bIN\bN (\b(S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTT\bTO\bOU\bU)\b) signal
       by the kernel's terminal driver, which,  unless  caught,  suspends  the
       process.

       If  the operating system on which b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is running supports job control,
       b\bba\bas\bsh\bh contains facilities to use it.  Typing the _\bs_\bu_\bs_\bp_\be_\bn_\bd character (typ-
       ically ^\b^Z\bZ, Control-Z) while a process is running causes that process to
       be stopped and returns control to b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.   Typing  the  _\bd_\be_\bl_\ba_\by_\be_\bd  _\bs_\bu_\bs_\bp_\be_\bn_\bd
       character  (typically  ^\b^Y\bY,  Control-Y) causes the process to be stopped
       when it attempts to read input from the terminal,  and  control  to  be
       returned  to b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.  The user may then manipulate the state of this job,
       using the b\bbg\bg command to continue it in the background, the  f\bfg\bg  command
       to continue it in the foreground, or the k\bki\bil\bll\bl command to kill it.  A ^\b^Z\bZ
       takes effect immediately, and has the additional side effect of causing
       pending output and typeahead to be discarded.

       There are a number of ways to refer to a job in the shell.  The charac-
       ter %\b% introduces a job specification (_\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc).  Job number  _\bn  may  be
       referred to as %\b%n\bn.  A job may also be referred to using a prefix of the
       name used to start it, or using a substring that appears in its command
       line.   For  example,  %\b%c\bce\be  refers  to  a  stopped c\bce\be job.  If a prefix
       matches more than one job, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reports an error.  Using %\b%?\b?c\bce\be,  on  the
       other  hand,  refers to any job containing the string c\bce\be in its command
       line.  If the substring matches more than  one  job,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  reports  an
       error.   The  symbols %\b%%\b% and %\b%+\b+ refer to the shell's notion of the _\bc_\bu_\br_\b-
       _\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bj_\bo_\bb, which is the last job stopped while it was in the  foreground
       or started in the background.  The _\bp_\br_\be_\bv_\bi_\bo_\bu_\bs _\bj_\bo_\bb may be referenced using
       %\b%-\b-.  If there is only a single job, %\b%+\b+ and %\b%-\b- can both be used to refer
       to  that  job.   In  output pertaining to jobs (e.g., the output of the
       j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs command), the current job is always flagged with a +\b+, and the pre-
       vious  job  with  a -\b-.  A single % (with no accompanying job specifica-
       tion) also refers to the current job.

       Simply naming a job can be used to bring it into the foreground: %\b%1\b1  is
       a  synonym  for  `\b``\b`f\bfg\bg %\b%1\b1'\b''\b', bringing job 1 from the background into the
       foreground.  Similarly, `\b``\b`%\b%1\b1 &\b&'\b''\b'  resumes  job  1  in  the  background,
       equivalent to `\b``\b`b\bbg\bg %\b%1\b1'\b''\b'.

       The  shell  learns immediately whenever a job changes state.  Normally,
       b\bba\bas\bsh\bh waits until it is about to print a prompt before reporting changes
       in  a  job's status so as to not interrupt any other output.  If the -\b-b\bb
       option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command is enabled, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh reports such changes
       immediately.   Any  trap  on  S\bSI\bIG\bGC\bCH\bHL\bLD\bD  is  executed for each child that
       exits.

       If an attempt to exit b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is made while jobs are stopped (or,  if  the
       c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bkj\bjo\bob\bbs\bs  shell  option has been enabled using the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin, run-
       ning), the shell prints a warning message, and, if the c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bkj\bjo\bob\bbs\bs option
       is  enabled,  lists  the jobs and their statuses.  The j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs command may
       then be used to inspect their status.  If a second attempt to  exit  is
       made  without  an intervening command, the shell does not print another
       warning, and any stopped jobs are terminated.

P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bNG\bG
       When executing interactively, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh displays the primary prompt P\bPS\bS1\b1 when
       it  is  ready  to  read a command, and the secondary prompt P\bPS\bS2\b2 when it
       needs more input to complete  a  command.   B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  allows  these  prompt
       strings  to  be  customized  by inserting a number of backslash-escaped
       special characters that are decoded as follows:
              \\b\a\ba     an ASCII bell character (07)
              \\b\d\bd     the date in "Weekday Month Date" format (e.g.,  "Tue  May
                     26")
              \\b\D\bD{\b{_\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt}\b}
                     the  _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt  is  passed  to _\bs_\bt_\br_\bf_\bt_\bi_\bm_\be(3) and the result is
                     inserted into the prompt string; an empty _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt  results
                     in a locale-specific time representation.  The braces are
                     required
              \\b\e\be     an ASCII escape character (033)
              \\b\h\bh     the hostname up to the first `.'
              \\b\H\bH     the hostname
              \\b\j\bj     the number of jobs currently managed by the shell
              \\b\l\bl     the basename of the shell's terminal device name
              \\b\n\bn     newline
              \\b\r\br     carriage return
              \\b\s\bs     the name of the shell, the basename of  $\b$0\b0  (the  portion
                     following the final slash)
              \\b\t\bt     the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \\b\T\bT     the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format
              \\b\@\b@     the current time in 12-hour am/pm format
              \\b\A\bA     the current time in 24-hour HH:MM format
              \\b\u\bu     the username of the current user
              \\b\v\bv     the version of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh (e.g., 2.00)
              \\b\V\bV     the release of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh, version + patch level (e.g., 2.00.0)
              \\b\w\bw     the current working  directory,  with  $\b$H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE  abbreviated
                     with  a tilde (uses the value of the P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bT_\b_D\bDI\bIR\bRT\bTR\bRI\bIM\bM vari-
                     able)
              \\b\W\bW     the basename of the current working directory, with $\b$H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE
                     abbreviated with a tilde
              \\b\!\b!     the history number of this command
              \\b\#\b#     the command number of this command
              \\b\$\b$     if the effective UID is 0, a #\b#, otherwise a $\b$
              \\b\_\bn_\bn_\bn   the character corresponding to the octal number _\bn_\bn_\bn
              \\b\\\b\     a backslash
              \\b\[\b[     begin  a sequence of non-printing characters, which could
                     be used to embed a terminal  control  sequence  into  the
                     prompt
              \\b\]\b]     end a sequence of non-printing characters

       The  command  number  and the history number are usually different: the
       history number of a command is its position in the history list,  which
       may  include  commands  restored  from  the  history  file (see H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
       below), while the command number is the position  in  the  sequence  of
       commands  executed  during the current shell session.  After the string
       is decoded, it is expanded via parameter expansion,  command  substitu-
       tion,  arithmetic expansion, and quote removal, subject to the value of
       the p\bpr\bro\bom\bmp\bpt\btv\bva\bar\brs\bs shell option (see the description of the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt  command
       under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE
       This  is  the library that handles reading input when using an interac-
       tive shell, unless the -\b--\b-n\bno\boe\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg option is given at shell invocation.
       Line editing is also used when using the -\b-e\be option to the r\bre\bea\bad\bd builtin.
       By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of Emacs.  A
       vi-style line editing interface is also available.  Line editing can be
       enabled at any time using the -\b-o\bo e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs or -\b-o\bo  v\bvi\bi  options  to  the  s\bse\bet\bt
       builtin  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  To turn off line editing
       after the shell is running, use the +\b+o\bo e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs or +\b+o\bo v\bvi\bi  options  to  the
       s\bse\bet\bt builtin.

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be N\bNo\bot\bta\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn
       In this section, the Emacs-style notation is used to denote keystrokes.
       Control keys are denoted by C-_\bk_\be_\by, e.g., C-n  means  Control-N.   Simi-
       larly,  _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba  keys are denoted by M-_\bk_\be_\by, so M-x means Meta-X.  (On key-
       boards without a _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba key, M-_\bx means ESC _\bx, i.e., press the Escape  key
       then the _\bx key.  This makes ESC the _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx.  The combination M-C-_\bx
       means ESC-Control-_\bx, or press the Escape key then hold the Control  key
       while pressing the _\bx key.)

       Readline commands may be given numeric _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs, which normally act as
       a repeat count.  Sometimes, however, it is the  sign  of  the  argument
       that  is  significant.   Passing  a negative argument to a command that
       acts in the forward direction (e.g., k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be) causes that command  to
       act  in  a  backward direction.  Commands whose behavior with arguments
       deviates from this are noted below.

       When a command is described as _\bk_\bi_\bl_\bl_\bi_\bn_\bg text, the text deleted is  saved
       for possible future retrieval (_\by_\ba_\bn_\bk_\bi_\bn_\bg).  The killed text is saved in a
       _\bk_\bi_\bl_\bl _\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.  Consecutive kills cause the text to be accumulated into one
       unit, which can be yanked all at once.  Commands which do not kill text
       separate the chunks of text on the kill ring.

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be I\bIn\bni\bit\bti\bia\bal\bli\biz\bza\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn
       Readline is customized by putting commands in  an  initialization  file
       (the  _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc  file).  The name of this file is taken from the value of
       the I\bIN\bNP\bPU\bUT\bTR\bRC\bC variable.  If  that  variable  is  unset,  the  default  is
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc.   When a program which uses the readline library starts up,
       the initialization file is read, and the key bindings and variables are
       set.   There  are  only  a few basic constructs allowed in the readline
       initialization file.  Blank lines are ignored.  Lines beginning with  a
       #\b#  are  comments.   Lines  beginning with a $\b$ indicate conditional con-
       structs.  Other lines denote key bindings and variable settings.

       The default key-bindings may be changed with an  _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc  file.   Other
       programs that use this library may add their own commands and bindings.

       For example, placing

              M-Control-u: universal-argument
       or
              C-Meta-u: universal-argument
       into the _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc would make M-C-u execute the readline command  _\bu_\bn_\bi_\bv_\be_\br_\b-
       _\bs_\ba_\bl_\b-_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt.

       The  following  symbolic  character  names are recognized: _\bR_\bU_\bB_\bO_\bU_\bT, _\bD_\bE_\bL,
       _\bE_\bS_\bC, _\bL_\bF_\bD, _\bN_\bE_\bW_\bL_\bI_\bN_\bE, _\bR_\bE_\bT, _\bR_\bE_\bT_\bU_\bR_\bN, _\bS_\bP_\bC, _\bS_\bP_\bA_\bC_\bE, and _\bT_\bA_\bB.

       In addition to command names, readline allows keys to  be  bound  to  a
       string that is inserted when the key is pressed (a _\bm_\ba_\bc_\br_\bo).

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be K\bKe\bey\by B\bBi\bin\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bgs\bs
       The  syntax for controlling key bindings in the _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file is simple.
       All that is required is the name of the command or the text of a  macro
       and  a key sequence to which it should be bound. The name may be speci-
       fied in one of two ways: as a symbolic key name, possibly with _\bM_\be_\bt_\ba_\b- or
       _\bC_\bo_\bn_\bt_\br_\bo_\bl_\b- prefixes, or as a key sequence.

       When using the form k\bke\bey\byn\bna\bam\bme\be:_\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be or _\bm_\ba_\bc_\br_\bo, _\bk_\be_\by_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is the name
       of a key spelled out in English.  For example:

              Control-u: universal-argument
              Meta-Rubout: backward-kill-word
              Control-o: "> output"

       In the above example, _\bC_\b-_\bu is bound to the function  u\bun\bni\biv\bve\ber\brs\bsa\bal\bl-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt,
       _\bM_\b-_\bD_\bE_\bL  is bound to the function b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd, and _\bC_\b-_\bo is bound to
       run the macro expressed on the right hand side (that is, to insert  the
       text ``> output'' into the line).

       In  the  second  form,  "\b"k\bke\bey\bys\bse\beq\bq"\b":_\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be or _\bm_\ba_\bc_\br_\bo, k\bke\bey\bys\bse\beq\bq differs
       from k\bke\bey\byn\bna\bam\bme\be above in that strings denoting an entire key sequence  may
       be  specified  by  placing the sequence within double quotes.  Some GNU
       Emacs style key escapes can be used, as in the following  example,  but
       the symbolic character names are not recognized.

              "\C-u": universal-argument
              "\C-x\C-r": re-read-init-file
              "\e[11~": "Function Key 1"

       In this example, _\bC_\b-_\bu is again bound to the function u\bun\bni\biv\bve\ber\brs\bsa\bal\bl-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt.
       _\bC_\b-_\bx _\bC_\b-_\br is bound to the function r\bre\be-\b-r\bre\bea\bad\bd-\b-i\bin\bni\bit\bt-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\be, and _\bE_\bS_\bC _\b[ _\b1 _\b1 _\b~  is
       bound to insert the text ``Function Key 1''.

       The full set of GNU Emacs style escape sequences is
              \\b\C\bC-\b-    control prefix
              \\b\M\bM-\b-    meta prefix
              \\b\e\be     an escape character
              \\b\\\b\     backslash
              \\b\"\b"     literal "
              \\b\'\b'     literal '

       In  addition  to  the GNU Emacs style escape sequences, a second set of
       backslash escapes is available:
              \\b\a\ba     alert (bell)
              \\b\b\bb     backspace
              \\b\d\bd     delete
              \\b\f\bf     form feed
              \\b\n\bn     newline
              \\b\r\br     carriage return
              \\b\t\bt     horizontal tab
              \\b\v\bv     vertical tab
              \\b\_\bn_\bn_\bn   the eight-bit character whose value is  the  octal  value
                     _\bn_\bn_\bn (one to three digits)
              \\b\x\bx_\bH_\bH   the  eight-bit  character  whose value is the hexadecimal
                     value _\bH_\bH (one or two hex digits)

       When entering the text of a macro, single or double quotes must be used
       to indicate a macro definition.  Unquoted text is assumed to be a func-
       tion name.  In the macro body, the backslash  escapes  described  above
       are  expanded.   Backslash  will quote any other character in the macro
       text, including " and '.

       B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh allows the current readline key bindings to be displayed or  modi-
       fied  with  the b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd builtin command.  The editing mode may be switched
       during interactive use by using the -\b-o\bo option to the s\bse\bet\bt  builtin  com-
       mand (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs
       Readline has variables that can be used to further customize its behav-
       ior.  A variable may be set in the _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file with a statement of the
       form

              s\bse\bet\bt _\bv_\ba_\br_\bi_\ba_\bb_\bl_\be_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be

       Except  where  noted,  readline variables can take the values O\bOn\bn or O\bOf\bff\bf
       (without regard to case).  Unrecognized  variable  names  are  ignored.
       When  a variable value is read, empty or null values, "on" (case-insen-
       sitive), and "1" are equivalent to O\bOn\bn.  All other values are equivalent
       to O\bOf\bff\bf.  The variables and their default values are:

       b\bbe\bel\bll\bl-\b-s\bst\bty\byl\ble\be (\b(a\bau\bud\bdi\bib\bbl\ble\be)\b)
              Controls  what  happens when readline wants to ring the terminal
              bell.  If set to n\bno\bon\bne\be, readline never rings the bell.  If set to
              v\bvi\bis\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be,  readline  uses a visible bell if one is available.  If
              set to a\bau\bud\bdi\bib\bbl\ble\be, readline attempts to ring the terminal's bell.
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd-\b-t\btt\bty\by-\b-s\bsp\bpe\bec\bci\bia\bal\bl-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\brs\bs (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline attempts to bind the  control  characters
              treated specially by the kernel's terminal driver to their read-
              line equivalents.
       c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt-\b-b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bn (\b(`\b``\b`#\b#'\b''\b')\b)
              The string that is inserted  when  the  readline  i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt-\b-c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt
              command is executed.  This command is bound to M\bM-\b-#\b# in emacs mode
              and to #\b# in vi command mode.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn-\b-i\big\bgn\bno\bor\bre\be-\b-c\bca\bas\bse\be (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline performs filename matching and completion
              in a case-insensitive fashion.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn-\b-p\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx-\b-d\bdi\bis\bsp\bpl\bla\bay\by-\b-l\ble\ben\bng\bgt\bth\bh (\b(0\b0)\b)
              The  length in characters of the common prefix of a list of pos-
              sible completions that is displayed without modification.   When
              set  to  a  value greater than zero, common prefixes longer than
              this value are replaced with an ellipsis when displaying  possi-
              ble completions.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn-\b-q\bqu\bue\ber\bry\by-\b-i\bit\bte\bem\bms\bs (\b(1\b10\b00\b0)\b)
              This  determines when the user is queried about viewing the num-
              ber of possible completions generated  by  the  p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\be-\b-
              t\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs  command.  It may be set to any integer value greater than
              or equal to zero.  If the  number  of  possible  completions  is
              greater than or equal to the value of this variable, the user is
              asked whether or not he wishes to view them; otherwise they  are
              simply listed on the terminal.
       c\bco\bon\bnv\bve\ber\brt\bt-\b-m\bme\bet\bta\ba (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              If  set  to O\bOn\bn, readline will convert characters with the eighth
              bit set to an ASCII key sequence by stripping the eighth bit and
              prefixing  an  escape  character (in effect, using escape as the
              _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx).
       d\bdi\bis\bsa\bab\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline will inhibit word completion.  Completion
              characters  will  be  inserted into the line as if they had been
              mapped to s\bse\bel\blf\bf-\b-i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt.
       e\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg-\b-m\bmo\bod\bde\be (\b(e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs)\b)
              Controls whether readline begins with a set of key bindings sim-
              ilar to _\bE_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs or _\bv_\bi.  e\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg-\b-m\bmo\bod\bde\be can be set to either e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs or
              v\bvi\bi.
       e\bec\bch\bho\bo-\b-c\bco\bon\bnt\btr\bro\bol\bl-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\bra\bac\bct\bte\ber\brs\bs (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              When set to O\bOn\bn, on operating systems that indicate they  support
              it, readline echoes a character corresponding to a signal gener-
              ated from the keyboard.
       e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\be-\b-k\bke\bey\byp\bpa\bad\bd (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              When set to O\bOn\bn, readline will try to enable the application key-
              pad  when  it  is  called.  Some systems need this to enable the
              arrow keys.
       e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\be-\b-m\bme\bet\bta\ba-\b-k\bke\bey\by (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              When set to O\bOn\bn, readline will try to enable  any  meta  modifier
              key  the  terminal claims to support when it is called.  On many
              terminals, the meta key is used to send eight-bit characters.
       e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-t\bti\bil\bld\bde\be (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set  to  O\bOn\bn,  tilde  expansion  is  performed  when  readline
              attempts word completion.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-p\bpr\bre\bes\bse\ber\brv\bve\be-\b-p\bpo\boi\bin\bnt\bt (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If  set  to  O\bOn\bn, the history code attempts to place point at the
              same location on each history line retrieved with  p\bpr\bre\bev\bvi\bio\bou\bus\bs-\b-h\bhi\bis\bs-\b-
              t\bto\bor\bry\by or n\bne\bex\bxt\bt-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-s\bsi\biz\bze\be (\b(0\b0)\b)
              Set  the  maximum number of history entries saved in the history
              list.  If set to zero, the number of entries in the history list
              is not limited.
       h\bho\bor\bri\biz\bzo\bon\bnt\bta\bal\bl-\b-s\bsc\bcr\bro\bol\bll\bl-\b-m\bmo\bod\bde\be (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              When  set  to  O\bOn\bn, makes readline use a single line for display,
              scrolling the input horizontally on a single screen line when it
              becomes  longer  than the screen width rather than wrapping to a
              new line.
       i\bin\bnp\bpu\but\bt-\b-m\bme\bet\bta\ba (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline will enable eight-bit input (that is,  it
              will  not  strip  the  high  bit  from the characters it reads),
              regardless of what the terminal claims it can support.  The name
              m\bme\bet\bta\ba-\b-f\bfl\bla\bag\bg is a synonym for this variable.
       i\bis\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-t\bte\ber\brm\bmi\bin\bna\bat\bto\bor\brs\bs (\b(`\b``\b`C\bC-\b-[\b[C\bC-\b-J\bJ'\b''\b')\b)
              The  string  of  characters that should terminate an incremental
              search without subsequently executing the character  as  a  com-
              mand.   If this variable has not been given a value, the charac-
              ters _\bE_\bS_\bC and _\bC_\b-_\bJ will terminate an incremental search.
       k\bke\bey\bym\bma\bap\bp (\b(e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs)\b)
              Set the current readline keymap.  The set of valid keymap  names
              is  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b,  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bn_\bd_\ba_\br_\bd_\b,  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bm_\be_\bt_\ba_\b, _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bc_\bt_\bl_\bx_\b, _\bv_\bi_\b, _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\b-
              _\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd, and _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bi_\bn_\bs_\be_\br_\bt.  _\bv_\bi is equivalent to _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd;  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs  is
              equivalent  to  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bn_\bd_\ba_\br_\bd.  The default value is _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs; the
              value of e\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg-\b-m\bmo\bod\bde\be also affects the default keymap.
       m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bri\bie\bes\bs (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, completed directory names have a slash appended.
       m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-m\bmo\bod\bdi\bif\bfi\bie\bed\bd-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\bes\bs (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, history lines that have  been  modified  are  dis-
              played with a preceding asterisk (*\b*).
       m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-s\bsy\bym\bml\bli\bin\bnk\bke\bed\bd-\b-d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bri\bie\bes\bs (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, completed names which are symbolic links to direc-
              tories  have  a  slash  appended  (subject  to  the   value   of
              m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bri\bie\bes\bs).
       m\bma\bat\btc\bch\bh-\b-h\bhi\bid\bdd\bde\ben\bn-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\bes\bs (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              This  variable,  when  set to O\bOn\bn, causes readline to match files
              whose names begin with a  `.'  (hidden  files)  when  performing
              filename  completion.   If  set  to O\bOf\bff\bf, the leading `.' must be
              supplied by the user in the filename to be completed.
       m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-d\bdi\bis\bsp\bpl\bla\bay\by-\b-p\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, menu completion displays the common prefix of  the
              list of possible completions (which may be empty) before cycling
              through the list.
       o\bou\but\btp\bpu\but\bt-\b-m\bme\bet\bta\ba (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline will display characters with  the  eighth
              bit set directly rather than as a meta-prefixed escape sequence.
       p\bpa\bag\bge\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(O\bOn\bn)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, readline uses an internal _\bm_\bo_\br_\be-like pager to  dis-
              play a screenful of possible completions at a time.
       p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\bt-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs-\b-h\bho\bor\bri\biz\bzo\bon\bnt\bta\bal\bll\bly\by (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If  set  to  O\bOn\bn,  readline will display completions with matches
              sorted horizontally in alphabetical order, rather than down  the
              screen.
       r\bre\bev\bve\ber\brt\bt-\b-a\bal\bll\bl-\b-a\bat\bt-\b-n\bne\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If  set  to  O\bOn\bn, readline will undo all changes to history lines
              before returning when a\bac\bcc\bce\bep\bpt\bt-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be is executed.  By default, his-
              tory  lines  may  be  modified  and retain individual undo lists
              across calls to r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be.
       s\bsh\bho\bow\bw-\b-a\bal\bll\bl-\b-i\bif\bf-\b-a\bam\bmb\bbi\big\bgu\buo\bou\bus\bs (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              This alters the default behavior of  the  completion  functions.
              If set to O\bOn\bn, words which have more than one possible completion
              cause the matches to be listed immediately  instead  of  ringing
              the bell.
       s\bsh\bho\bow\bw-\b-a\bal\bll\bl-\b-i\bif\bf-\b-u\bun\bnm\bmo\bod\bdi\bif\bfi\bie\bed\bd (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              This  alters the default behavior of the completion functions in
              a fashion similar to s\bsh\bho\bow\bw-\b-a\bal\bll\bl-\b-i\bif\bf-\b-a\bam\bmb\bbi\big\bgu\buo\bou\bus\bs.  If set to O\bOn\bn, words
              which  have more than one possible completion without any possi-
              ble partial completion (the possible completions don't  share  a
              common  prefix)  cause  the  matches  to  be  listed immediately
              instead of ringing the bell.
       s\bsk\bki\bip\bp-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\bed\bd-\b-t\bte\bex\bxt\bt (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If set to O\bOn\bn, this alters the default completion  behavior  when
              inserting  a  single match into the line.  It's only active when
              performing completion in the middle  of  a  word.   If  enabled,
              readline  does  not  insert  characters from the completion that
              match characters after point in the  word  being  completed,  so
              portions of the word following the cursor are not duplicated.
       v\bvi\bis\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-s\bst\bta\bat\bts\bs (\b(O\bOf\bff\bf)\b)
              If  set to O\bOn\bn, a character denoting a file's type as reported by
              _\bs_\bt_\ba_\bt(2) is appended to the filename when listing  possible  com-
              pletions.

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be C\bCo\bon\bnd\bdi\bit\bti\bio\bon\bna\bal\bl C\bCo\bon\bns\bst\btr\bru\buc\bct\bts\bs
       Readline  implements  a  facility  similar in spirit to the conditional
       compilation features of the C preprocessor which  allows  key  bindings
       and  variable  settings  to be performed as the result of tests.  There
       are four parser directives used.

       $\b$i\bif\bf    The $\b$i\bif\bf construct allows bindings to be made based on the  edit-
              ing  mode,  the  terminal  being  used, or the application using
              readline.  The text of the test extends to the end of the  line;
              no characters are required to isolate it.

              m\bmo\bod\bde\be   The  m\bmo\bod\bde\be=\b=  form  of  the  $\b$i\bif\bf  directive is used to test
                     whether readline is in emacs or vi  mode.   This  may  be
                     used  in  conjunction  with  the  s\bse\bet\bt k\bke\bey\bym\bma\bap\bp command, for
                     instance, to  set  bindings  in  the  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bn_\bd_\ba_\br_\bd  and
                     _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bc_\bt_\bl_\bx  keymaps  only  if readline is starting out in
                     emacs mode.

              t\bte\ber\brm\bm   The t\bte\ber\brm\bm=\b= form may be used to  include  terminal-specific
                     key bindings, perhaps to bind the key sequences output by
                     the terminal's function keys.  The word on the right side
                     of the =\b= is tested against the both full name of the ter-
                     minal and the portion of the  terminal  name  before  the
                     first  -\b-.  This allows _\bs_\bu_\bn to match both _\bs_\bu_\bn and _\bs_\bu_\bn_\b-_\bc_\bm_\bd,
                     for instance.

              a\bap\bpp\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn
                     The a\bap\bpp\bpl\bli\bic\bca\bat\bti\bio\bon\bn construct is used to include application-
                     specific  settings.   Each  program  using  the  readline
                     library sets the _\ba_\bp_\bp_\bl_\bi_\bc_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, and an  initialization
                     file can test for a particular value.  This could be used
                     to bind key sequences to functions useful for a  specific
                     program.   For instance, the following command adds a key
                     sequence that quotes the  current  or  previous  word  in
                     b\bba\bas\bsh\bh:

                     $\b$i\bif\bf Bash
                     # Quote the current or previous word
                     "\C-xq": "\eb\"\ef\""
                     $\b$e\ben\bnd\bdi\bif\bf

       $\b$e\ben\bnd\bdi\bif\bf This command, as seen in the previous example, terminates an $\b$i\bif\bf
              command.

       $\b$e\bel\bls\bse\be  Commands in this branch of the $\b$i\bif\bf directive are executed if the
              test fails.

       $\b$i\bin\bnc\bcl\blu\bud\bde\be
              This  directive takes a single filename as an argument and reads
              commands and bindings from that file.  For example, the  follow-
              ing directive would read _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc:

              $\b$i\bin\bnc\bcl\blu\bud\bde\be  _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc

   S\bSe\bea\bar\brc\bch\bhi\bin\bng\bg
       Readline  provides  commands  for searching through the command history
       (see H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY below) for lines containing a specified string.  There are
       two search modes: _\bi_\bn_\bc_\br_\be_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\ba_\bl and _\bn_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bi_\bn_\bc_\br_\be_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\ba_\bl.

       Incremental  searches  begin  before  the  user has finished typing the
       search string.  As each character of the search string is typed,  read-
       line displays the next entry from the history matching the string typed
       so far.  An incremental search requires  only  as  many  characters  as
       needed  to  find  the desired history entry.  The characters present in
       the value of the i\bis\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-t\bte\ber\brm\bmi\bin\bna\bat\bto\bor\brs\bs variable are used to terminate  an
       incremental search.  If that variable has not been assigned a value the
       Escape and Control-J characters will terminate an  incremental  search.
       Control-G  will  abort  an  incremental search and restore the original
       line.  When the search is terminated, the history entry containing  the
       search string becomes the current line.

       To  find  other matching entries in the history list, type Control-S or
       Control-R as appropriate.  This will search backward or forward in  the
       history  for  the  next  entry matching the search string typed so far.
       Any other key sequence bound to a readline command will  terminate  the
       search  and  execute that command.  For instance, a _\bn_\be_\bw_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be will termi-
       nate the search and accept the line, thereby executing the command from
       the history list.

       Readline remembers the last incremental search string.  If two Control-
       Rs are typed without any intervening characters defining a  new  search
       string, any remembered search string is used.

       Non-incremental  searches read the entire search string before starting
       to search for matching history lines.  The search string may  be  typed
       by the user or be part of the contents of the current line.

   R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd N\bNa\bam\bme\bes\bs
       The  following  is  a list of the names of the commands and the default
       key sequences to which they are bound.  Command names without an accom-
       panying key sequence are unbound by default.  In the following descrip-
       tions, _\bp_\bo_\bi_\bn_\bt refers to the current cursor position, and _\bm_\ba_\br_\bk refers  to
       a  cursor position saved by the s\bse\bet\bt-\b-m\bma\bar\brk\bk command.  The text between the
       point and mark is referred to as the _\br_\be_\bg_\bi_\bo_\bn.

   C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs f\bfo\bor\br M\bMo\bov\bvi\bin\bng\bg
       b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bnn\bni\bin\bng\bg-\b-o\bof\bf-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(C\bC-\b-a\ba)\b)
              Move to the start of the current line.
       e\ben\bnd\bd-\b-o\bof\bf-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(C\bC-\b-e\be)\b)
              Move to the end of the line.
       f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br (\b(C\bC-\b-f\bf)\b)
              Move forward a character.
       b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br (\b(C\bC-\b-b\bb)\b)
              Move back a character.
       f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-f\bf)\b)
              Move forward to the end of the next word.  Words are composed of
              alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
       b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-b\bb)\b)
              Move  back  to the start of the current or previous word.  Words
              are composed of alphanumeric characters (letters and digits).
       s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd
              Move forward to the end of the next word.  Words  are  delimited
              by non-quoted shell metacharacters.
       s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd
              Move  back  to the start of the current or previous word.  Words
              are delimited by non-quoted shell metacharacters.
       c\bcl\ble\bea\bar\br-\b-s\bsc\bcr\bre\bee\ben\bn (\b(C\bC-\b-l\bl)\b)
              Clear the screen leaving the current line  at  the  top  of  the
              screen.   With  an  argument,  refresh  the current line without
              clearing the screen.
       r\bre\bed\bdr\bra\baw\bw-\b-c\bcu\bur\brr\bre\ben\bnt\bt-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be
              Refresh the current line.

   C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs f\bfo\bor\br M\bMa\ban\bni\bip\bpu\bul\bla\bat\bti\bin\bng\bg t\bth\bhe\be H\bHi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by
       a\bac\bcc\bce\bep\bpt\bt-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(N\bNe\bew\bwl\bli\bin\bne\be,\b, R\bRe\bet\btu\bur\brn\bn)\b)
              Accept the line regardless of where the cursor is.  If this line
              is  non-empty, add it to the history list according to the state
              of the H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL variable.  If the line is a modified  history
              line, then restore the history line to its original state.
       p\bpr\bre\bev\bvi\bio\bou\bus\bs-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(C\bC-\b-p\bp)\b)
              Fetch the previous command from the history list, moving back in
              the list.
       n\bne\bex\bxt\bt-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(C\bC-\b-n\bn)\b)
              Fetch the next command from the history list, moving forward  in
              the list.
       b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bnn\bni\bin\bng\bg-\b-o\bof\bf-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(M\bM-\b-<\b<)\b)
              Move to the first line in the history.
       e\ben\bnd\bd-\b-o\bof\bf-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(M\bM-\b->\b>)\b)
              Move  to  the end of the input history, i.e., the line currently
              being entered.
       r\bre\bev\bve\ber\brs\bse\be-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(C\bC-\b-r\br)\b)
              Search backward starting at the current  line  and  moving  `up'
              through  the  history  as  necessary.   This  is  an incremental
              search.
       f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(C\bC-\b-s\bs)\b)
              Search forward starting at the current line  and  moving  `down'
              through  the  history  as  necessary.   This  is  an incremental
              search.
       n\bno\bon\bn-\b-i\bin\bnc\bcr\bre\bem\bme\ben\bnt\bta\bal\bl-\b-r\bre\bev\bve\ber\brs\bse\be-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(M\bM-\b-p\bp)\b)
              Search backward through the history starting at the current line
              using  a  non-incremental  search  for  a string supplied by the
              user.
       n\bno\bon\bn-\b-i\bin\bnc\bcr\bre\bem\bme\ben\bnt\bta\bal\bl-\b-f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(M\bM-\b-n\bn)\b)
              Search forward  through  the  history  using  a  non-incremental
              search for a string supplied by the user.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd
              Search  forward through the history for the string of characters
              between the start of the current line and the point.  This is  a
              non-incremental search.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd
              Search backward through the history for the string of characters
              between the start of the current line and the point.  This is  a
              non-incremental search.
       y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-n\bnt\bth\bh-\b-a\bar\brg\bg (\b(M\bM-\b-C\bC-\b-y\by)\b)
              Insert  the  first argument to the previous command (usually the
              second word on the previous line) at point.  With an argument _\bn,
              insert  the _\bnth word from the previous command (the words in the
              previous command  begin  with  word  0).   A  negative  argument
              inserts the _\bnth word from the end of the previous command.  Once
              the argument _\bn is computed, the argument is extracted as if  the
              "!_\bn" history expansion had been specified.
       y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-l\bla\bas\bst\bt-\b-a\bar\brg\bg (\b(M\bM-\b-.\b.,\b, M\bM-\b-_\b_)\b)
              Insert  the last argument to the previous command (the last word
              of the previous history entry).  With a numeric argument, behave
              exactly  like  y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-n\bnt\bth\bh-\b-a\bar\brg\bg.   Successive calls to y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-l\bla\bas\bst\bt-\b-a\bar\brg\bg
              move back through the history list, inserting the last word  (or
              the  word  specified  by the argument to the first call) of each
              line in turn.  Any numeric argument supplied to these successive
              calls  determines  the direction to move through the history.  A
              negative argument switches the  direction  through  the  history
              (back or forward).  The history expansion facilities are used to
              extract the last argument, as if the "!$" history expansion  had
              been specified.
       s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(M\bM-\b-C\bC-\b-e\be)\b)
              Expand the line as the shell does.  This performs alias and his-
              tory expansion as well as all of the shell word expansions.  See
              H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY  E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below for a description of history expansion.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(M\bM-\b-^\b^)\b)
              Perform history expansion on  the  current  line.   See  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
              E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below for a description of history expansion.
       m\bma\bag\bgi\bic\bc-\b-s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be
              Perform  history  expansion  on  the  current  line and insert a
              space.  See H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN below for a description of history
              expansion.
       a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be
              Perform  alias expansion on the current line.  See A\bAL\bLI\bIA\bAS\bSE\bES\bS above
              for a description of alias expansion.
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by-\b-a\ban\bnd\bd-\b-a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be
              Perform history and alias expansion on the current line.
       i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt-\b-l\bla\bas\bst\bt-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt (\b(M\bM-\b-.\b.,\b, M\bM-\b-_\b_)\b)
              A synonym for y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-l\bla\bas\bst\bt-\b-a\bar\brg\bg.
       o\bop\bpe\ber\bra\bat\bte\be-\b-a\ban\bnd\bd-\b-g\bge\bet\bt-\b-n\bne\bex\bxt\bt (\b(C\bC-\b-o\bo)\b)
              Accept the current line for execution and fetch  the  next  line
              relative  to the current line from the history for editing.  Any
              argument is ignored.
       e\bed\bdi\bit\bt-\b-a\ban\bnd\bd-\b-e\bex\bxe\bec\bcu\but\bte\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bxC\bC-\b-e\be)\b)
              Invoke an editor on the current command line,  and  execute  the
              result  as  shell  commands.   B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh  attempts to invoke $\b$V\bVI\bIS\bSU\bUA\bAL\bL,
              $\b$E\bED\bDI\bIT\bTO\bOR\bR, and _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs as the editor, in that order.

   C\bCo\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bds\bs f\bfo\bor\br C\bCh\bha\ban\bng\bgi\bin\bng\bg T\bTe\bex\bxt\bt
       d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br (\b(C\bC-\b-d\bd)\b)
              Delete the character at point.  If point is at the beginning  of
              the  line,  there  are  no  characters in the line, and the last
              character typed was not bound to d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br, then return E\bEO\bOF\bF.
       b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br (\b(R\bRu\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt)\b)
              Delete the character behind the cursor.  When  given  a  numeric
              argument, save the deleted text on the kill ring.
       f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br
              Delete  the  character under the cursor, unless the cursor is at
              the end of the line, in which case the character behind the cur-
              sor is deleted.
       q\bqu\buo\bot\bte\bed\bd-\b-i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt (\b(C\bC-\b-q\bq,\b, C\bC-\b-v\bv)\b)
              Add  the next character typed to the line verbatim.  This is how
              to insert characters like C\bC-\b-q\bq, for example.
       t\bta\bab\bb-\b-i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt (\b(C\bC-\b-v\bv T\bTA\bAB\bB)\b)
              Insert a tab character.
       s\bse\bel\blf\bf-\b-i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt (\b(a\ba,\b, b\bb,\b, A\bA,\b, 1\b1,\b, !\b!,\b, .\b..\b..\b.)\b)
              Insert the character typed.
       t\btr\bra\ban\bns\bsp\bpo\bos\bse\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\brs\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-t\bt)\b)
              Drag the character before point forward over  the  character  at
              point,  moving point forward as well.  If point is at the end of
              the line, then this transposes the two characters before  point.
              Negative arguments have no effect.
       t\btr\bra\ban\bns\bsp\bpo\bos\bse\be-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bds\bs (\b(M\bM-\b-t\bt)\b)
              Drag  the  word  before  point past the word after point, moving
              point over that word as well.  If point is at  the  end  of  the
              line, this transposes the last two words on the line.
       u\bup\bpc\bca\bas\bse\be-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-u\bu)\b)
              Uppercase  the  current  (or  following)  word.  With a negative
              argument, uppercase the previous word, but do not move point.
       d\bdo\bow\bwn\bnc\bca\bas\bse\be-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-l\bl)\b)
              Lowercase the current (or  following)  word.   With  a  negative
              argument, lowercase the previous word, but do not move point.
       c\bca\bap\bpi\bit\bta\bal\bli\biz\bze\be-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-c\bc)\b)
              Capitalize  the  current  (or  following) word.  With a negative
              argument, capitalize the previous word, but do not move point.
       o\bov\bve\ber\brw\bwr\bri\bit\bte\be-\b-m\bmo\bod\bde\be
              Toggle overwrite mode.  With an explicit positive numeric  argu-
              ment, switches to overwrite mode.  With an explicit non-positive
              numeric argument, switches to insert mode.  This command affects
              only  e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs mode; v\bvi\bi mode does overwrite differently.  Each call
              to _\br_\be_\ba_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be_\b(_\b) starts in insert mode.  In overwrite mode, charac-
              ters  bound to s\bse\bel\blf\bf-\b-i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt replace the text at point rather than
              pushing the text  to  the  right.   Characters  bound  to  b\bba\bac\bck\bk-\b-
              w\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br  replace  the  character  before  point  with a
              space.  By default, this command is unbound.

   K\bKi\bil\bll\bli\bin\bng\bg a\ban\bnd\bd Y\bYa\ban\bnk\bki\bin\bng\bg
       k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(C\bC-\b-k\bk)\b)
              Kill the text from point to the end of the line.
       b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx R\bRu\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt)\b)
              Kill backward to the beginning of the line.
       u\bun\bni\bix\bx-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be-\b-d\bdi\bis\bsc\bca\bar\brd\bd (\b(C\bC-\b-u\bu)\b)
              Kill backward from point to the  beginning  of  the  line.   The
              killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
       k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwh\bho\bol\ble\be-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be
              Kill  all  characters on the current line, no matter where point
              is.
       k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-d\bd)\b)
              Kill from point to the end of the current word,  or  if  between
              words,  to  the  end  of the next word.  Word boundaries are the
              same as those used by f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-R\bRu\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt)\b)
              Kill the word behind point.  Word boundaries  are  the  same  as
              those used by b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-d\bd)\b)
              Kill  from  point  to the end of the current word, or if between
              words, to the end of the next word.   Word  boundaries  are  the
              same as those used by s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-R\bRu\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt)\b)
              Kill  the  word  behind  point.  Word boundaries are the same as
              those used by s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       u\bun\bni\bix\bx-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd-\b-r\bru\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt (\b(C\bC-\b-w\bw)\b)
              Kill the word behind point, using white space as a  word  bound-
              ary.  The killed text is saved on the kill-ring.
       u\bun\bni\bix\bx-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\ben\bna\bam\bme\be-\b-r\bru\bub\bbo\bou\but\bt
              Kill  the  word  behind  point,  using white space and the slash
              character as the word boundaries.  The killed text is  saved  on
              the kill-ring.
       d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-h\bho\bor\bri\biz\bzo\bon\bnt\bta\bal\bl-\b-s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be (\b(M\bM-\b-\\b\)\b)
              Delete all spaces and tabs around point.
       k\bki\bil\bll\bl-\b-r\bre\beg\bgi\bio\bon\bn
              Kill the text in the current region.
       c\bco\bop\bpy\by-\b-r\bre\beg\bgi\bio\bon\bn-\b-a\bas\bs-\b-k\bki\bil\bll\bl
              Copy the text in the region to the kill buffer.
       c\bco\bop\bpy\by-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd
              Copy  the word before point to the kill buffer.  The word bound-
              aries are the same as b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       c\bco\bop\bpy\by-\b-f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd
              Copy the word following point to  the  kill  buffer.   The  word
              boundaries are the same as f\bfo\bor\brw\bwa\bar\brd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd.
       y\bya\ban\bnk\bk (\b(C\bC-\b-y\by)\b)
              Yank the top of the kill ring into the buffer at point.
       y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-p\bpo\bop\bp (\b(M\bM-\b-y\by)\b)
              Rotate  the kill ring, and yank the new top.  Only works follow-
              ing y\bya\ban\bnk\bk or y\bya\ban\bnk\bk-\b-p\bpo\bop\bp.

   N\bNu\bum\bme\ber\bri\bic\bc A\bAr\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs
       d\bdi\big\bgi\bit\bt-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt (\b(M\bM-\b-0\b0,\b, M\bM-\b-1\b1,\b, .\b..\b..\b.,\b, M\bM-\b--\b-)\b)
              Add this digit to the argument already accumulating, or start  a
              new argument.  M-- starts a negative argument.
       u\bun\bni\biv\bve\ber\brs\bsa\bal\bl-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt
              This  is another way to specify an argument.  If this command is
              followed by one or more digits, optionally with a leading  minus
              sign,  those digits define the argument.  If the command is fol-
              lowed by digits, executing  u\bun\bni\biv\bve\ber\brs\bsa\bal\bl-\b-a\bar\brg\bgu\bum\bme\ben\bnt\bt  again  ends  the
              numeric  argument, but is otherwise ignored.  As a special case,
              if this command is immediately followed by a character  that  is
              neither  a  digit or minus sign, the argument count for the next
              command is multiplied by four.  The argument count is  initially
              one,  so  executing this function the first time makes the argu-
              ment count four, a second time makes the argument count sixteen,
              and so on.

   C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bin\bng\bg
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be (\b(T\bTA\bAB\bB)\b)
              Attempt  to  perform  completion on the text before point.  B\bBa\bas\bsh\bh
              attempts completion treating the text as a variable (if the text
              begins  with  $\b$), username (if the text begins with ~\b~), hostname
              (if the text begins with @\b@), or command (including  aliases  and
              functions) in turn.  If none of these produces a match, filename
              completion is attempted.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(M\bM-\b-?\b?)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point.
       i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(M\bM-\b-*\b*)\b)
              Insert all completions of the text before point that would  have
              been generated by p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs.
       m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be
              Similar  to c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be, but replaces the word to be completed with
              a single match from the list of possible completions.   Repeated
              execution  of  m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  steps through the list of possible
              completions, inserting each match in turn.  At the  end  of  the
              list of completions, the bell is rung (subject to the setting of
              b\bbe\bel\bll\bl-\b-s\bst\bty\byl\ble\be) and the original text is restored.  An argument of _\bn
              moves  _\bn  positions  forward  in the list of matches; a negative
              argument may be used to move backward through  the  list.   This
              command  is  intended  to  be  bound  to  T\bTA\bAB\bB, but is unbound by
              default.
       m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd
              Identical to m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be, but moves backward through the  list
              of  possible  completions,  as if m\bme\ben\bnu\bu-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be had been given a
              negative argument.  This command is unbound by default.
       d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br-\b-o\bor\br-\b-l\bli\bis\bst\bt
              Deletes the character under the cursor if not at  the  beginning
              or  end  of  the  line (like d\bde\bel\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bch\bha\bar\br).  If at the end of the
              line, behaves identically to p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs.  This command
              is unbound by default.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\ben\bna\bam\bme\be (\b(M\bM-\b-/\b/)\b)
              Attempt filename completion on the text before point.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\ben\bna\bam\bme\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx /\b/)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point, treating
              it as a filename.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-u\bus\bse\ber\brn\bna\bam\bme\be (\b(M\bM-\b-~\b~)\b)
              Attempt completion on the text before point, treating  it  as  a
              username.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-u\bus\bse\ber\brn\bna\bam\bme\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx ~\b~)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point, treating
              it as a username.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be (\b(M\bM-\b-$\b$)\b)
              Attempt completion on the text before point, treating  it  as  a
              shell variable.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx $\b$)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point, treating
              it as a shell variable.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-h\bho\bos\bst\btn\bna\bam\bme\be (\b(M\bM-\b-@\b@)\b)
              Attempt completion on the text before point, treating  it  as  a
              hostname.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-h\bho\bos\bst\btn\bna\bam\bme\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx @\b@)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point, treating
              it as a hostname.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-!\b!)\b)
              Attempt completion on the text before point, treating  it  as  a
              command  name.   Command  completion  attempts to match the text
              against  aliases,  reserved  words,   shell   functions,   shell
              builtins, and finally executable filenames, in that order.
       p\bpo\bos\bss\bsi\bib\bbl\ble\be-\b-c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx !\b!)\b)
              List the possible completions of the text before point, treating
              it as a command name.
       d\bdy\byn\bna\bam\bmi\bic\bc-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by (\b(M\bM-\b-T\bTA\bAB\bB)\b)
              Attempt completion on the text before point, comparing the  text
              against  lines  from  the  history  list for possible completion
              matches.
       d\bda\bab\bbb\bbr\bre\bev\bv-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd
              Attempt menu completion on the text before point, comparing  the
              text against lines from the history list for possible completion
              matches.
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-i\bin\bnt\bto\bo-\b-b\bbr\bra\bac\bce\bes\bs (\b(M\bM-\b-{\b{)\b)
              Perform filename completion and insert the list of possible com-
              pletions  enclosed within braces so the list is available to the
              shell (see B\bBr\bra\bac\bce\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn above).

   K\bKe\bey\byb\bbo\boa\bar\brd\bd M\bMa\bac\bcr\bro\bos\bs
       s\bst\bta\bar\brt\bt-\b-k\bkb\bbd\bd-\b-m\bma\bac\bcr\bro\bo (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx (\b()\b)
              Begin saving the characters  typed  into  the  current  keyboard
              macro.
       e\ben\bnd\bd-\b-k\bkb\bbd\bd-\b-m\bma\bac\bcr\bro\bo (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx )\b))\b)
              Stop saving the characters typed into the current keyboard macro
              and store the definition.
       c\bca\bal\bll\bl-\b-l\bla\bas\bst\bt-\b-k\bkb\bbd\bd-\b-m\bma\bac\bcr\bro\bo (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx e\be)\b)
              Re-execute the last keyboard macro defined, by making the  char-
              acters in the macro appear as if typed at the keyboard.

   M\bMi\bis\bsc\bce\bel\bll\bla\ban\bne\beo\bou\bus\bs
       r\bre\be-\b-r\bre\bea\bad\bd-\b-i\bin\bni\bit\bt-\b-f\bfi\bil\ble\be (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx C\bC-\b-r\br)\b)
              Read  in  the  contents of the _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file, and incorporate any
              bindings or variable assignments found there.
       a\bab\bbo\bor\brt\bt (\b(C\bC-\b-g\bg)\b)
              Abort the current editing command and ring the  terminal's  bell
              (subject to the setting of b\bbe\bel\bll\bl-\b-s\bst\bty\byl\ble\be).
       d\bdo\bo-\b-u\bup\bpp\bpe\ber\brc\bca\bas\bse\be-\b-v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn (\b(M\bM-\b-a\ba,\b, M\bM-\b-b\bb,\b, M\bM-\b-_\bx,\b, .\b..\b..\b.)\b)
              If  the  metafied character _\bx is lowercase, run the command that
              is bound to the corresponding uppercase character.
       p\bpr\bre\bef\bfi\bix\bx-\b-m\bme\bet\bta\ba (\b(E\bES\bSC\bC)\b)
              Metafy the next character typed.  E\bES\bSC\bC f\bf is equivalent to M\bMe\bet\bta\ba-\b-f\bf.
       u\bun\bnd\bdo\bo (\b(C\bC-\b-_\b_,\b, C\bC-\b-x\bx C\bC-\b-u\bu)\b)
              Incremental undo, separately remembered for each line.
       r\bre\bev\bve\ber\brt\bt-\b-l\bli\bin\bne\be (\b(M\bM-\b-r\br)\b)
              Undo  all changes made to this line.  This is like executing the
              u\bun\bnd\bdo\bo command enough times to return  the  line  to  its  initial
              state.
       t\bti\bil\bld\bde\be-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-&\b&)\b)
              Perform tilde expansion on the current word.
       s\bse\bet\bt-\b-m\bma\bar\brk\bk (\b(C\bC-\b-@\b@,\b, M\bM-\b-<\b<s\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be>\b>)\b)
              Set  the  mark to the point.  If a numeric argument is supplied,
              the mark is set to that position.
       e\bex\bxc\bch\bha\ban\bng\bge\be-\b-p\bpo\boi\bin\bnt\bt-\b-a\ban\bnd\bd-\b-m\bma\bar\brk\bk (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx C\bC-\b-x\bx)\b)
              Swap the point with the mark.  The current  cursor  position  is
              set  to the saved position, and the old cursor position is saved
              as the mark.
       c\bch\bha\bar\bra\bac\bct\bte\ber\br-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh (\b(C\bC-\b-]\b])\b)
              A character is read and point is moved to the next occurrence of
              that  character.   A negative count searches for previous occur-
              rences.
       c\bch\bha\bar\bra\bac\bct\bte\ber\br-\b-s\bse\bea\bar\brc\bch\bh-\b-b\bba\bac\bck\bkw\bwa\bar\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-C\bC-\b-]\b])\b)
              A character is read and point is moved to  the  previous  occur-
              rence  of  that character.  A negative count searches for subse-
              quent occurrences.
       s\bsk\bki\bip\bp-\b-c\bcs\bsi\bi-\b-s\bse\beq\bqu\bue\ben\bnc\bce\be
              Read enough characters to consume a multi-key sequence  such  as
              those  defined for keys like Home and End.  Such sequences begin
              with a Control Sequence Indicator (CSI), usually ESC-[.  If this
              sequence  is  bound  to "\[", keys producing such sequences will
              have no effect unless explicitly bound to  a  readline  command,
              instead  of  inserting stray characters into the editing buffer.
              This is unbound by default, but usually bound to ESC-[.
       i\bin\bns\bse\ber\brt\bt-\b-c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt (\b(M\bM-\b-#\b#)\b)
              Without a numeric argument,  the  value  of  the  readline  c\bco\bom\bm-\b-
              m\bme\ben\bnt\bt-\b-b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bn  variable is inserted at the beginning of the current
              line.  If a numeric argument is supplied, this command acts as a
              toggle:   if  the characters at the beginning of the line do not
              match the value of c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt-\b-b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bn, the value is inserted,  other-
              wise the characters in c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt-\b-b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bn are deleted from the begin-
              ning of the line.  In either case, the line is accepted as if  a
              newline  had  been  typed.   The  default value of c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bt-\b-b\bbe\beg\bgi\bin\bn
              causes this command to make the current line  a  shell  comment.
              If  a  numeric  argument  causes  the  comment  character  to be
              removed, the line will be executed by the shell.
       g\bgl\blo\bob\bb-\b-c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(M\bM-\b-g\bg)\b)
              The word before point is  treated  as  a  pattern  for  pathname
              expansion,  with  an asterisk implicitly appended.  This pattern
              is used to generate a list of matching file names  for  possible
              completions.
       g\bgl\blo\bob\bb-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx *\b*)\b)
              The  word  before  point  is  treated  as a pattern for pathname
              expansion, and the list of  matching  file  names  is  inserted,
              replacing  the  word.   If  a  numeric  argument is supplied, an
              asterisk is appended before pathname expansion.
       g\bgl\blo\bob\bb-\b-l\bli\bis\bst\bt-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bns\bs (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx g\bg)\b)
              The list  of  expansions  that  would  have  been  generated  by
              g\bgl\blo\bob\bb-\b-e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd-\b-w\bwo\bor\brd\bd  is  displayed,  and the line is redrawn.  If a
              numeric argument is supplied, an  asterisk  is  appended  before
              pathname expansion.
       d\bdu\bum\bmp\bp-\b-f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bns\bs
              Print  all  of the functions and their key bindings to the read-
              line output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied, the out-
              put  is  formatted  in such a way that it can be made part of an
              _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file.
       d\bdu\bum\bmp\bp-\b-v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs
              Print all of the settable readline variables and their values to
              the  readline output stream.  If a numeric argument is supplied,
              the output is formatted in such a way that it can be  made  part
              of an _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file.
       d\bdu\bum\bmp\bp-\b-m\bma\bac\bcr\bro\bos\bs
              Print  all of the readline key sequences bound to macros and the
              strings they output.  If a numeric  argument  is  supplied,  the
              output is formatted in such a way that it can be made part of an
              _\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc file.
       d\bdi\bis\bsp\bpl\bla\bay\by-\b-s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl-\b-v\bve\ber\brs\bsi\bio\bon\bn (\b(C\bC-\b-x\bx C\bC-\b-v\bv)\b)
              Display version information about the current instance of  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.

   P\bPr\bro\bog\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn
       When  word  completion  is  attempted  for an argument to a command for
       which a completion specification (a _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc) has  been  defined  using
       the  c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  builtin  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below), the pro-
       grammable completion facilities are invoked.

       First, the command name is identified.  If  the  command  word  is  the
       empty  string (completion attempted at the beginning of an empty line),
       any compspec defined with the -\b-E\bE option to  c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  is  used.   If  a
       compspec  has  been  defined  for that command, the compspec is used to
       generate the list of possible completions for the word.  If the command
       word  is  a full pathname, a compspec for the full pathname is searched
       for first.  If no compspec is found for the full pathname,  an  attempt
       is  made  to find a compspec for the portion following the final slash.
       If those searches do not result in a  compspec,  any  compspec  defined
       with the -\b-D\bD option to c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be is used as the default.

       Once  a  compspec  has  been  found, it is used to generate the list of
       matching words.  If a compspec is not found, the default  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  comple-
       tion as described above under C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bin\bng\bg is performed.

       First,  the  actions  specified by the compspec are used.  Only matches
       which are prefixed by the word being completed are returned.  When  the
       -\b-f\bf  or -\b-d\bd option is used for filename or directory name completion, the
       shell variable F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE is used to filter the matches.

       Any completions specified by a pathname expansion  pattern  to  the  -\b-G\bG
       option are generated next.  The words generated by the pattern need not
       match the word being completed.  The G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE shell variable  is  not
       used to filter the matches, but the F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE variable is used.

       Next,  the string specified as the argument to the -\b-W\bW option is consid-
       ered.  The string is first split using the characters in the  I\bIF\bFS\bS  spe-
       cial  variable  as delimiters.  Shell quoting is honored.  Each word is
       then expanded using brace expansion,  tilde  expansion,  parameter  and
       variable  expansion, command substitution, and arithmetic expansion, as
       described above under E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN.  The results are split using the rules
       described above under W\bWo\bor\brd\bd S\bSp\bpl\bli\bit\btt\bti\bin\bng\bg.  The results of the expansion are
       prefix-matched against the word being completed, and the matching words
       become the possible completions.

       After  these matches have been generated, any shell function or command
       specified with the -\b-F\bF and -\b-C\bC options is invoked.  When the  command  or
       function is invoked, the C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE, C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_P\bPO\bOI\bIN\bNT\bT, C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_K\bKE\bEY\bY, and C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_T\bTY\bYP\bPE\bE
       variables are assigned values as described above under S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs.
       If  a  shell  function  is being invoked, the C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDS\bS and C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_C\bCW\bWO\bOR\bRD\bD
       variables are also set.  When the function or command is  invoked,  the
       first  argument  is  the  name of the command whose arguments are being
       completed, the second argument is the word  being  completed,  and  the
       third  argument  is  the word preceding the word being completed on the
       current command  line.   No  filtering  of  the  generated  completions
       against  the word being completed is performed; the function or command
       has complete freedom in generating the matches.

       Any function specified with -\b-F\bF is invoked first.  The function may  use
       any  of  the  shell facilities, including the c\bco\bom\bmp\bpg\bge\ben\bn builtin described
       below, to generate the matches.  It must put the  possible  completions
       in the C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bPR\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY array variable.

       Next,  any  command specified with the -\b-C\bC option is invoked in an envi-
       ronment equivalent to command substitution.  It should print a list  of
       completions,  one  per  line, to the standard output.  Backslash may be
       used to escape a newline, if necessary.

       After all of the possible completions are generated, any filter  speci-
       fied  with  the -\b-X\bX option is applied to the list.  The filter is a pat-
       tern as used for pathname expansion; a &\b& in  the  pattern  is  replaced
       with  the text of the word being completed.  A literal &\b& may be escaped
       with a backslash; the backslash is removed before attempting  a  match.
       Any  completion that matches the pattern will be removed from the list.
       A leading !\b! negates the pattern; in this case any completion not match-
       ing the pattern will be removed.

       Finally, any prefix and suffix specified with the -\b-P\bP and -\b-S\bS options are
       added to each member of the completion list, and the result is returned
       to the readline completion code as the list of possible completions.

       If  the previously-applied actions do not generate any matches, and the
       -\b-o\bo d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\bes\bs option was supplied  to  c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  when  the  compspec  was
       defined, directory name completion is attempted.

       If  the  -\b-o\bo  p\bpl\blu\bus\bsd\bdi\bir\brs\bs option was supplied to c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be when the compspec
       was defined, directory name completion is attempted and any matches are
       added to the results of the other actions.

       By  default,  if a compspec is found, whatever it generates is returned
       to the completion code as the full set of  possible  completions.   The
       default b\bba\bas\bsh\bh completions are not attempted, and the readline default of
       filename completion is disabled.  If the -\b-o\bo b\bba\bas\bsh\bhd\bde\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt option was sup-
       plied  to c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be when the compspec was defined, the b\bba\bas\bsh\bh default com-
       pletions are attempted if the compspec generates no matches.  If the -\b-o\bo
       d\bde\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt  option was supplied to c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be when the compspec was defined,
       readline's default completion will be performed if the  compspec  (and,
       if attempted, the default b\bba\bas\bsh\bh completions) generate no matches.

       When  a  compspec  indicates that directory name completion is desired,
       the programmable completion functions force readline to append a  slash
       to  completed names which are symbolic links to directories, subject to
       the value of the m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bri\bie\bes\bs readline variable, regardless of  the
       setting of the m\bma\bar\brk\bk-\b-s\bsy\bym\bml\bli\bin\bnk\bke\bed\bd-\b-d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bri\bie\bes\bs readline variable.

       There  is  some support for dynamically modifying completions.  This is
       most useful when used in combination with a default  completion  speci-
       fied  with  c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be -\b-D\bD.  It's possible for shell functions executed as
       completion handlers to indicate that completion should  be  retried  by
       returning  an exit status of 124.  If a shell function returns 124, and
       changes the compspec associated with the command on which completion is
       being  attempted  (supplied  as the first argument when the function is
       executed), programmable completion restarts from the beginning, with an
       attempt  to find a new compspec for that command.  This allows a set of
       completions to be built dynamically as completion is attempted,  rather
       than being loaded all at once.

       For  instance, assuming that there is a library of compspecs, each kept
       in a file corresponding to the  name  of  the  command,  the  following
       default completion function would load completions dynamically:

       _completion_loader()
       {
            . "/etc/bash_completion.d/$1.sh" >/dev/null 2>&1 && return 124
       }
       complete -D -F _completion_loader


H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY
       When  the  -\b-o\bo  h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by  option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin is enabled, the shell
       provides access to the _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd _\bh_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by, the list of commands previously
       typed.   The  value  of  the H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTS\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE variable is used as the number of
       commands to save in a history list.  The text of the last H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTS\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE com-
       mands  (default  500)  is  saved.  The shell stores each command in the
       history list prior to parameter and variable expansion  (see  E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN
       above)  but after history expansion is performed, subject to the values
       of the shell variables H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE and H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL.

       On startup, the history is initialized from the file named by the vari-
       able  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE  (default _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bh_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by).  The file named by the value
       of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is truncated, if necessary, to contain  no  more  than  the
       number  of lines specified by the value of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE.  When the his-
       tory file is read, lines beginning with the history  comment  character
       followed  immediately  by a digit are interpreted as timestamps for the
       preceding history line.   These  timestamps  are  optionally  displayed
       depending  on the value of the H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTT\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT variable.  When an inter-
       active shell exits, the last $\b$H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTS\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE lines are copied from  the  his-
       tory list to $\b$H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE.  If the h\bhi\bis\bst\bta\bap\bpp\bpe\ben\bnd\bd shell option is enabled (see
       the description of s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below), the lines
       are  appended  to the history file, otherwise the history file is over-
       written.  If H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is unset, or if the history file  is  unwritable,
       the  history is not saved.  If the H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTT\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT variable is set, time
       stamps are written to the history file, marked with the history comment
       character,  so  they may be preserved across shell sessions.  This uses
       the history comment character to distinguish timestamps from other his-
       tory lines.  After saving the history, the history file is truncated to
       contain no more than H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE lines.  If H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bSI\bIZ\bZE\bE is  not  set,
       no truncation is performed.

       The  builtin  command f\bfc\bc (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below) may be used
       to list or edit and re-execute a portion of the history list.  The h\bhi\bis\bs-\b-
       t\bto\bor\bry\by  builtin  may  be  used  to display or modify the history list and
       manipulate the history file.  When using command-line  editing,  search
       commands  are available in each editing mode that provide access to the
       history list.

       The shell allows control over which commands are saved on  the  history
       list.  The H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL and H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE variables may be set to cause the
       shell to save only a subset of the commands entered.  The c\bcm\bmd\bdh\bhi\bis\bst\bt shell
       option,  if enabled, causes the shell to attempt to save each line of a
       multi-line command in the same history entry, adding  semicolons  where
       necessary  to preserve syntactic correctness.  The l\bli\bit\bth\bhi\bis\bst\bt shell option
       causes the shell to save the command with embedded newlines instead  of
       semicolons.  See the description of the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin below under S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS  for  information  on  setting  and  unsetting  shell
       options.

H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY E\bEX\bXP\bPA\bAN\bNS\bSI\bIO\bON\bN
       The  shell  supports a history expansion feature that is similar to the
       history expansion in c\bcs\bsh\bh.\b.  This section describes what syntax  features
       are  available.   This  feature  is  enabled by default for interactive
       shells, and can be disabled using the +\b+H\bH option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin com-
       mand (see S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS below).  Non-interactive shells do not
       perform history expansion by default.

       History expansions introduce words from the history list into the input
       stream,  making  it  easy to repeat commands, insert the arguments to a
       previous command into the current input line, or fix errors in previous
       commands quickly.

       History  expansion  is  performed  immediately after a complete line is
       read, before the shell breaks it into words.  It  takes  place  in  two
       parts.   The  first is to determine which line from the history list to
       use during substitution.  The second is to select portions of that line
       for inclusion into the current one.  The line selected from the history
       is the _\be_\bv_\be_\bn_\bt, and the portions of that line that  are  acted  upon  are
       _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bs.   Various  _\bm_\bo_\bd_\bi_\bf_\bi_\be_\br_\bs  are  available  to manipulate the selected
       words.  The line is broken into words in the same fashion as when read-
       ing  input, so that several _\bm_\be_\bt_\ba_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\ba_\bc_\bt_\be_\br-separated words surrounded by
       quotes are considered one word.  History expansions are  introduced  by
       the  appearance  of  the  history  expansion  character,  which is !\b! by
       default.  Only backslash (\\b\) and single quotes can  quote  the  history
       expansion character.

       Several  characters inhibit history expansion if found immediately fol-
       lowing the history expansion character, even if it is unquoted:  space,
       tab,  newline,  carriage return, and =\b=.  If the e\bex\bxt\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb shell option is
       enabled, (\b( will also inhibit expansion.

       Several shell options settable with the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin may  be  used  to
       tailor  the  behavior  of  history  expansion.  If the h\bhi\bis\bst\btv\bve\ber\bri\bif\bfy\by shell
       option is enabled (see the description of the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin below), and
       r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  is  being  used,  history  substitutions  are not immediately
       passed to the shell parser.  Instead, the  expanded  line  is  reloaded
       into the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be editing buffer for further modification.  If r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be
       is being used, and the h\bhi\bis\bst\btr\bre\bee\bed\bdi\bit\bt shell option  is  enabled,  a  failed
       history  substitution will be reloaded into the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be editing buffer
       for correction.  The -\b-p\bp option to the h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by builtin  command  may  be
       used  to  see what a history expansion will do before using it.  The -\b-s\bs
       option to the h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by builtin may be used to add commands to the end of
       the  history  list  without  actually  executing them, so that they are
       available for subsequent recall.

       The shell allows control of the various characters used by the  history
       expansion mechanism (see the description of h\bhi\bis\bst\btc\bch\bha\bar\brs\bs above under S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl
       V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs).  The shell uses the history comment character to mark  his-
       tory timestamps when writing the history file.

   E\bEv\bve\ben\bnt\bt D\bDe\bes\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bat\bto\bor\brs\bs
       An  event designator is a reference to a command line entry in the his-
       tory list.  Unless the reference is absolute, events  are  relative  to
       the current position in the history list.

       !\b!      Start  a  history substitution, except when followed by a b\bbl\bla\ban\bnk\bk,
              newline, carriage return, = or ( (when the e\bex\bxt\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb shell  option
              is enabled using the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin).
       !\b!_\bn     Refer to command line _\bn.
       !\b!-\b-_\bn    Refer to the current command minus _\bn.
       !\b!!\b!     Refer to the previous command.  This is a synonym for `!-1'.
       !\b!_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg
              Refer  to the most recent command preceding the current position
              in the history list starting with _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.
       !\b!?\b?_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg[\b[?\b?]\b]
              Refer to the most recent command preceding the current postition
              in  the  history  list containing _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg.  The trailing ?\b? may be
              omitted if _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is followed immediately by a newline.
       ^\b^_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1^\b^_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2^\b^
              Quick substitution.   Repeat  the  previous  command,  replacing
              _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1  with  _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2.  Equivalent to ``!!:s/_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b1/_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg_\b2/''
              (see M\bMo\bod\bdi\bif\bfi\bie\ber\brs\bs below).
       !\b!#\b#     The entire command line typed so far.

   W\bWo\bor\brd\bd D\bDe\bes\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bat\bto\bor\brs\bs
       Word designators are used to select desired words from the event.  A  :\b:
       separates  the event specification from the word designator.  It may be
       omitted if the word designator begins with a ^\b^, $\b$, *\b*, -\b-, or  %\b%.   Words
       are  numbered from the beginning of the line, with the first word being
       denoted by 0 (zero).  Words are inserted into the  current  line  sepa-
       rated by single spaces.

       0\b0 (\b(z\bze\ber\bro\bo)\b)
              The zeroth word.  For the shell, this is the command word.
       _\bn      The _\bnth word.
       ^\b^      The first argument.  That is, word 1.
       $\b$      The last argument.
       %\b%      The word matched by the most recent `?_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg?' search.
       _\bx-\b-_\by    A range of words; `-_\by' abbreviates `0-_\by'.
       *\b*      All  of  the words but the zeroth.  This is a synonym for `_\b1_\b-_\b$'.
              It is not an error to use *\b* if there is just  one  word  in  the
              event; the empty string is returned in that case.
       x\bx*\b*     Abbreviates _\bx_\b-_\b$.
       x\bx-\b-     Abbreviates _\bx_\b-_\b$ like x\bx*\b*, but omits the last word.

       If  a  word  designator is supplied without an event specification, the
       previous command is used as the event.

   M\bMo\bod\bdi\bif\bfi\bie\ber\brs\bs
       After the optional word designator, there may appear a sequence of  one
       or more of the following modifiers, each preceded by a `:'.

       h\bh      Remove a trailing file name component, leaving only the head.
       t\bt      Remove all leading file name components, leaving the tail.
       r\br      Remove a trailing suffix of the form _\b._\bx_\bx_\bx, leaving the basename.
       e\be      Remove all but the trailing suffix.
       p\bp      Print the new command but do not execute it.
       q\bq      Quote the substituted words, escaping further substitutions.
       x\bx      Quote the substituted words as with q\bq, but break into  words  at
              b\bbl\bla\ban\bnk\bks\bs and newlines.
       s\bs/\b/_\bo_\bl_\bd/\b/_\bn_\be_\bw/\b/
              Substitute  _\bn_\be_\bw  for  the  first  occurrence of _\bo_\bl_\bd in the event
              line.  Any delimiter can be used  in  place  of  /.   The  final
              delimiter  is  optional if it is the last character of the event
              line.  The delimiter may be quoted in _\bo_\bl_\bd and _\bn_\be_\bw with a  single
              backslash.   If & appears in _\bn_\be_\bw, it is replaced by _\bo_\bl_\bd.  A sin-
              gle backslash will quote the &.  If _\bo_\bl_\bd is null, it  is  set  to
              the  last  _\bo_\bl_\bd substituted, or, if no previous history substitu-
              tions took place, the last _\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg in a !\b!?\b?_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg[\b[?\b?]\b]  search.
       &\b&      Repeat the previous substitution.
       g\bg      Cause changes to be applied over the entire event line.  This is
              used  in  conjunction  with `:\b:s\bs' (e.g., `:\b:g\bgs\bs/\b/_\bo_\bl_\bd/\b/_\bn_\be_\bw/\b/') or `:\b:&\b&'.
              If used with `:\b:s\bs', any delimiter can be used in place of /,  and
              the  final  delimiter is optional if it is the last character of
              the event line.  An a\ba may be used as a synonym for g\bg.
       G\bG      Apply the following `s\bs' modifier once to each word in the  event
              line.

S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL B\bBU\bUI\bIL\bLT\bTI\bIN\bN C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bDS\bS
       Unless otherwise noted, each builtin command documented in this section
       as accepting options preceded by -\b- accepts -\b--\b- to signify the end of the
       options.   The  :\b:, t\btr\bru\bue\be, f\bfa\bal\bls\bse\be, and t\bte\bes\bst\bt builtins do not accept options
       and do not treat -\b--\b- specially.  The e\bex\bxi\bit\bt, l\blo\bog\bgo\bou\but\bt, b\bbr\bre\bea\bak\bk, c\bco\bon\bnt\bti\bin\bnu\bue\be, l\ble\bet\bt,
       and  s\bsh\bhi\bif\bft\bt builtins accept and process arguments beginning with -\b- with-
       out requiring -\b--\b-.  Other builtins that accept  arguments  but  are  not
       specified  as accepting options interpret arguments beginning with -\b- as
       invalid options and require -\b--\b- to prevent this interpretation.
       :\b: [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]
              No effect; the command does nothing beyond  expanding  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs
              and  performing any specified redirections.  A zero exit code is
              returned.

        .\b.  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]
       s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]
              Read and execute commands from _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  in  the  current  shell
              environment  and return the exit status of the last command exe-
              cuted from _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  If _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be does not contain a slash, file
              names  in  P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH  are used to find the directory containing _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\b-
              _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  The file searched for in P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH  need  not  be  executable.
              When  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  is  not  in  _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx  _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be,  the  current directory is
              searched if no file is found in P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH.  If the s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\bep\bpa\bat\bth\bh  option
              to  the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt  builtin  command  is turned off, the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH is not
              searched.  If any _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs are supplied, they become the  posi-
              tional  parameters  when  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  executed.  Otherwise the
              positional parameters are unchanged.  The return status  is  the
              status  of  the  last  command exited within the script (0 if no
              commands are executed), and false if _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is  not  found  or
              cannot be read.

       a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs [-\b-p\bp] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be] ...]
              A\bAl\bli\bia\bas\bs with no arguments or with the -\b-p\bp option prints the list of
              aliases in the form a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be on standard  output.   When
              arguments  are supplied, an alias is defined for each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be whose
              _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be is given.  A trailing space in  _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be causes the next word
              to be checked for alias substitution when the alias is expanded.
              For each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be in the argument list for which no  _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be  is  sup-
              plied,  the  name  and  value  of  the  alias is printed.  A\bAl\bli\bia\bas\bs
              returns true unless a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is given for which no alias has  been
              defined.

       b\bbg\bg [_\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc ...]
              Resume  each  suspended  job _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc in the background, as if it
              had been started with &\b&.  If _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is not present, the shell's
              notion  of the _\bc_\bu_\br_\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bj_\bo_\bb is used.  b\bbg\bg _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc returns 0 unless
              run when job control is disabled or, when run with  job  control
              enabled,  any  specified  _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  was  not found or was started
              without job control.

       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd [-\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp] [-\b-l\blp\bps\bsv\bvP\bPS\bSV\bV]
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd [-\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp] [-\b-q\bq _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-u\bu _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-r\br _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq]
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd [-\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp] -\b-f\bf _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd [-\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp] -\b-x\bx _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq:_\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd [-\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp] _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq:_\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
       b\bbi\bin\bnd\bd _\br_\be_\ba_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd
              Display current r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be key and function bindings, bind  a  key
              sequence  to  a  r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  function  or macro, or set a r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be
              variable.  Each non-option argument is a  command  as  it  would
              appear  in  _\b._\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc, but each binding or command must be passed
              as a separate argument; e.g.,  '"\C-x\C-r":  re-read-init-file'.
              Options, if supplied, have the following meanings:
              -\b-m\bm _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp
                     Use _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp as the keymap to be affected by the subsequent
                     bindings.  Acceptable _\bk_\be_\by_\bm_\ba_\bp names are _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b, _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bn_\b-
                     _\bd_\ba_\br_\bd_\b,  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bm_\be_\bt_\ba_\b,  _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bc_\bt_\bl_\bx_\b,  _\bv_\bi_\b, _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bm_\bo_\bv_\be_\b, _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd,
                     and _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bi_\bn_\bs_\be_\br_\bt.  _\bv_\bi is equivalent to _\bv_\bi_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd; _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs  is
                     equivalent to _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs_\b-_\bs_\bt_\ba_\bn_\bd_\ba_\br_\bd.
              -\b-l\bl     List the names of all r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be functions.
              -\b-p\bp     Display  r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  function  names and bindings in such a
                     way that they can be re-read.
              -\b-P\bP     List current r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be function names and bindings.
              -\b-s\bs     Display r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be key sequences bound to  macros  and  the
                     strings  they  output  in such a way that they can be re-
                     read.
              -\b-S\bS     Display r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be key sequences bound to  macros  and  the
                     strings they output.
              -\b-v\bv     Display  r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be variable names and values in such a way
                     that they can be re-read.
              -\b-V\bV     List current r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be variable names and values.
              -\b-f\bf _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
                     Read key bindings from _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.
              -\b-q\bq _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn
                     Query about which keys invoke the named _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn.
              -\b-u\bu _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn
                     Unbind all keys bound to the named _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn.
              -\b-r\br _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq
                     Remove any current binding for _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq.
              -\b-x\bx _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq:\b:_\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd
                     Cause _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd to be  executed  whenever  _\bk_\be_\by_\bs_\be_\bq  is
                     entered.   When _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is executed, the shell sets
                     the R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE variable to the contents of  the  r\bre\bea\bad\bd-\b-
                     l\bli\bin\bne\be  line  buffer and the R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_P\bPO\bOI\bIN\bNT\bT variable to the
                     current location of the insertion point.  If the executed
                     command  changes  the  value  of  R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE  or R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bD-\b-
                     L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE_\b_P\bPO\bOI\bIN\bNT\bT, those new values will  be  reflected  in  the
                     editing state.

              The  return value is 0 unless an unrecognized option is given or
              an error occurred.

       b\bbr\bre\bea\bak\bk [_\bn]
              Exit from within a f\bfo\bor\br, w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be, u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl, or s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt loop.  If  _\bn  is
              specified,  break  _\bn  levels.   _\bn must be >= 1.  If _\bn is greater
              than the number of enclosing  loops,  all  enclosing  loops  are
              exited.   The  return value is 0 unless _\bn is not greater than or
              equal to 1.

       b\bbu\bui\bil\blt\bti\bin\bn _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bb_\bu_\bi_\bl_\bt_\bi_\bn [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]
              Execute the specified shell builtin, passing it  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs,  and
              return its exit status.  This is useful when defining a function
              whose name is the same as a shell builtin, retaining  the  func-
              tionality of the builtin within the function.  The c\bcd\bd builtin is
              commonly redefined this way.  The  return  status  is  false  if
              _\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl_\b-_\bb_\bu_\bi_\bl_\bt_\bi_\bn is not a shell builtin command.

       c\bca\bal\bll\ble\ber\br [_\be_\bx_\bp_\br]
              Returns the context of any active subroutine call (a shell func-
              tion or a script executed with the .\b. or s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be builtins).  With-
              out _\be_\bx_\bp_\br, c\bca\bal\bll\ble\ber\br displays the line number and source filename of
              the current subroutine call.  If a non-negative integer is  sup-
              plied as _\be_\bx_\bp_\br, c\bca\bal\bll\ble\ber\br displays the line number, subroutine name,
              and source file corresponding to that position  in  the  current
              execution  call  stack.  This extra information may be used, for
              example, to print a stack trace.  The current frame is frame  0.
              The  return  value is 0 unless the shell is not executing a sub-
              routine call or _\be_\bx_\bp_\br does not correspond to a valid position  in
              the call stack.

       c\bcd\bd [-\b-L\bL|[-\b-P\bP [-\b-e\be]]] [_\bd_\bi_\br]
              Change  the  current directory to _\bd_\bi_\br.  The variable H\bHO\bOM\bME\bE is the
              default _\bd_\bi_\br.  The variable C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH defines the  search  path  for
              the  directory  containing  _\bd_\bi_\br.  Alternative directory names in
              C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH are separated by a colon (:).  A null directory  name  in
              C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH  is  the  same as the current directory, i.e., ``.\b.''.  If
              _\bd_\bi_\br begins with a slash (/), then C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH is  not  used.  The  -\b-P\bP
              option  says  to use the physical directory structure instead of
              following symbolic links (see also the  -\b-P\bP  option  to  the  s\bse\bet\bt
              builtin command); the -\b-L\bL option forces symbolic links to be fol-
              lowed.  If the -\b-e\be option is supplied with -\b-P\bP,  and  the  current
              working directory cannot be successfully determined after a suc-
              cessful directory change, c\bcd\bd will return an unsuccessful status.
              An  argument  of  -\b-  is  equivalent  to $\b$O\bOL\bLD\bDP\bPW\bWD\bD.  If a non-empty
              directory name from C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH is used, or if -\b- is the  first  argu-
              ment, and the directory change is successful, the absolute path-
              name of the new working directory is  written  to  the  standard
              output.   The return value is true if the directory was success-
              fully changed; false otherwise.

       c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd [-\b-p\bpV\bVv\bv] _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
              Run _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd with _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs  suppressing  the  normal  shell  function
              lookup.  Only builtin commands or commands found in the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH are
              executed.  If the -\b-p\bp option is given, the search for _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  is
              performed  using  a default value for P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH that is guaranteed to
              find all of the standard utilities.  If  either  the  -\b-V\bV  or  -\b-v\bv
              option is supplied, a description of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is printed.  The -\b-v\bv
              option causes a single word indicating the command or file  name
              used to invoke _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd to be displayed; the -\b-V\bV option produces a
              more verbose description.  If the -\b-V\bV or -\b-v\bv option  is  supplied,
              the  exit  status  is  0 if _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd was found, and 1 if not.  If
              neither option is supplied and an error occurred or _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd can-
              not  be found, the exit status is 127.  Otherwise, the exit sta-
              tus of the c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd builtin is the exit status of _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.

       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpg\bge\ben\bn [_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd]
              Generate possible completion matches for _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd according  to  the
              _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bns,  which  may  be  any  option  accepted  by the c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be
              builtin with the exception of -\b-p\bp and -\b-r\br, and write  the  matches
              to  the  standard  output.  When using the -\b-F\bF or -\b-C\bC options, the
              various shell  variables  set  by  the  programmable  completion
              facilities, while available, will not have useful values.

              The  matches  will  be  generated in the same way as if the pro-
              grammable completion code had generated  them  directly  from  a
              completion specification with the same flags.  If _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd is speci-
              fied, only those completions matching _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd will be displayed.

              The return value is true unless an invalid option  is  supplied,
              or no matches were generated.

       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  [-\b-a\bab\bbc\bcd\bde\bef\bfg\bgj\bjk\bks\bsu\buv\bv]  [-\b-o\bo _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\b-_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-D\bDE\bE] [-\b-A\bA _\ba_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-G\bG _\bg_\bl_\bo_\bb_\b-
       _\bp_\ba_\bt] [-\b-W\bW _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt] [-\b-F\bF _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-C\bC _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd]
              [-\b-X\bX _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt] [-\b-P\bP _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx] [-\b-S\bS _\bs_\bu_\bf_\bf_\bi_\bx] _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be _\b._\b._\b.]
       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be -\b-p\bpr\br [-\b-D\bDE\bE] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              Specify  how arguments to each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be should be completed.  If the
              -\b-p\bp option is supplied, or if no options are  supplied,  existing
              completion  specifications are printed in a way that allows them
              to be reused as input.  The -\b-r\br option removes a completion spec-
              ification  for each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, or, if no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\bes are supplied, all com-
              pletion  specifications.   The  -\b-D\bD  option  indicates  that  the
              remaining  options  and  actions should apply to the ``default''
              command completion; that is, completion attempted on  a  command
              for  which  no  completion  has previously been defined.  The -\b-E\bE
              option indicates that the remaining options and  actions  should
              apply  to  ``empty''  command  completion;  that  is, completion
              attempted on a blank line.

              The process of applying  these  completion  specifications  when
              word  completion  is  attempted  is  described  above under P\bPr\bro\bo-\b-
              g\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn.

              Other options, if specified, have the following  meanings.   The
              arguments  to the -\b-G\bG, -\b-W\bW, and -\b-X\bX options (and, if necessary, the
              -\b-P\bP and -\b-S\bS options) should be quoted to protect them from  expan-
              sion before the c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be builtin is invoked.
              -\b-o\bo _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\b-_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn
                      The  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\b-_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn  controls  several aspects of the comp-
                      spec's behavior beyond the simple generation of  comple-
                      tions.  _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bp_\b-_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn may be one of:
                      b\bba\bas\bsh\bhd\bde\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt
                              Perform the rest of the default b\bba\bas\bsh\bh completions
                              if the compspec generates no matches.
                      d\bde\bef\bfa\bau\bul\blt\bt Use readline's default  filename  completion  if
                              the compspec generates no matches.
                      d\bdi\bir\brn\bna\bam\bme\bes\bs
                              Perform  directory  name completion if the comp-
                              spec generates no matches.
                      f\bfi\bil\ble\ben\bna\bam\bme\bes\bs
                              Tell readline that the compspec generates  file-
                              names,  so  it can perform any filename-specific
                              processing (like adding  a  slash  to  directory
                              names,  quoting special characters, or suppress-
                              ing trailing spaces).  Intended to be used  with
                              shell functions.
                      n\bno\bos\bsp\bpa\bac\bce\be Tell   readline  not  to  append  a  space  (the
                              default) to words completed at the  end  of  the
                              line.
                      p\bpl\blu\bus\bsd\bdi\bir\brs\bs
                              After  any  matches  defined by the compspec are
                              generated,   directory   name   completion    is
                              attempted  and  any  matches  are  added  to the
                              results of the other actions.
              -\b-A\bA _\ba_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn
                      The _\ba_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn may be one of the  following  to  generate  a
                      list of possible completions:
                      a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs   Alias names.  May also be specified as -\b-a\ba.
                      a\bar\brr\bra\bay\byv\bva\bar\br
                              Array variable names.
                      b\bbi\bin\bnd\bdi\bin\bng\bg R\bRe\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be key binding names.
                      b\bbu\bui\bil\blt\bti\bin\bn Names  of  shell  builtin commands.  May also be
                              specified as -\b-b\bb.
                      c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd Command names.  May also be specified as -\b-c\bc.
                      d\bdi\bir\bre\bec\bct\bto\bor\bry\by
                              Directory names.  May also be specified as -\b-d\bd.
                      d\bdi\bis\bsa\bab\bbl\ble\bed\bd
                              Names of disabled shell builtins.
                      e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\bed\bd Names of enabled shell builtins.
                      e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt  Names of exported shell variables.  May also  be
                              specified as -\b-e\be.
                      f\bfi\bil\ble\be    File names.  May also be specified as -\b-f\bf.
                      f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn
                              Names of shell functions.
                      g\bgr\bro\bou\bup\bp   Group names.  May also be specified as -\b-g\bg.
                      h\bhe\bel\blp\bpt\bto\bop\bpi\bic\bc
                              Help topics as accepted by the h\bhe\bel\blp\bp builtin.
                      h\bho\bos\bst\btn\bna\bam\bme\be
                              Hostnames,  as  taken from the file specified by
                              the H\bHO\bOS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE shell variable.
                      j\bjo\bob\bb     Job names, if job control is active.   May  also
                              be specified as -\b-j\bj.
                      k\bke\bey\byw\bwo\bor\brd\bd Shell  reserved words.  May also be specified as
                              -\b-k\bk.
                      r\bru\bun\bnn\bni\bin\bng\bg Names of running jobs, if job control is active.
                      s\bse\ber\brv\bvi\bic\bce\be Service names.  May also be specified as -\b-s\bs.
                      s\bse\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bt  Valid  arguments  for  the  -\b-o\bo option to the s\bse\bet\bt
                              builtin.
                      s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt   Shell option names  as  accepted  by  the  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt
                              builtin.
                      s\bsi\big\bgn\bna\bal\bl  Signal names.
                      s\bst\bto\bop\bpp\bpe\bed\bd Names of stopped jobs, if job control is active.
                      u\bus\bse\ber\br    User names.  May also be specified as -\b-u\bu.
                      v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be
                              Names of all shell variables.  May also be spec-
                              ified as -\b-v\bv.
              -\b-C\bC _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd
                      _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  is  executed in a subshell environment, and its
                      output is used as the possible completions.
              -\b-F\bF _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn
                      The shell function _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn is executed in  the  current
                      shell  environment.  When it finishes, the possible com-
                      pletions are retrieved from the value of  the  C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bPR\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY
                      array variable.
              -\b-G\bG _\bg_\bl_\bo_\bb_\bp_\ba_\bt
                      The  pathname  expansion  pattern _\bg_\bl_\bo_\bb_\bp_\ba_\bt is expanded to
                      generate the possible completions.
              -\b-P\bP _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx
                      _\bp_\br_\be_\bf_\bi_\bx is added at the beginning of each  possible  com-
                      pletion after all other options have been applied.
              -\b-S\bS _\bs_\bu_\bf_\bf_\bi_\bx
                      _\bs_\bu_\bf_\bf_\bi_\bx is appended to each possible completion after all
                      other options have been applied.
              -\b-W\bW _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt
                      The _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bs_\bt is split using the characters  in  the  I\bIF\bFS\bS
                      special  variable as delimiters, and each resultant word
                      is expanded.  The possible completions are  the  members
                      of  the  resultant  list which match the word being com-
                      pleted.
              -\b-X\bX _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt
                      _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt is a pattern as used for  pathname  expansion.
                      It is applied to the list of possible completions gener-
                      ated by the preceding options and  arguments,  and  each
                      completion  matching _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt is removed from the list.
                      A leading !\b! in _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt negates the  pattern;  in  this
                      case,  any completion not matching _\bf_\bi_\bl_\bt_\be_\br_\bp_\ba_\bt is removed.

              The return value is true unless an invalid option  is  supplied,
              an  option  other than -\b-p\bp or -\b-r\br is supplied without a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be argu-
              ment, an attempt is made to remove  a  completion  specification
              for a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be for which no specification exists, or an error occurs
              adding a completion specification.

       c\bco\bom\bmp\bpo\bop\bpt\bt [-\b-o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [-\b-D\bDE\bE] [+\b+o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be]
              Modify  completion  options  for  each  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  according  to  the
              _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bns,  or  for the currently-executing completion if no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\bes
              are supplied.  If no _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bns are given, display  the  completion
              options  for  each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be or the current completion.  The possible
              values of _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn  are  those  valid  for  the  c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be  builtin
              described  above.   The  -\b-D\bD  option indicates that the remaining
              options should apply to the ``default'' command completion; that
              is,  completion  attempted  on a command for which no completion
              has previously been defined.  The -\b-E\bE option indicates  that  the
              remaining  options should apply to ``empty'' command completion;
              that is, completion attempted on a blank line.

              The return value is true unless an invalid option  is  supplied,
              an attempt is made to modify the options for a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be for which no
              completion specification exists, or an output error occurs.

       c\bco\bon\bnt\bti\bin\bnu\bue\be [_\bn]
              Resume the next iteration of the enclosing f\bfo\bor\br, w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be, u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl, or
              s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt  loop.   If  _\bn  is specified, resume at the _\bnth enclosing
              loop.  _\bn must be >= 1.  If _\bn  is  greater  than  the  number  of
              enclosing  loops,  the  last  enclosing  loop (the ``top-level''
              loop) is resumed.  The return value is 0 unless _\bn is not greater
              than or equal to 1.

       d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be [-\b-a\baA\bAf\bfF\bFg\bgi\bil\blr\brt\btu\bux\bx] [-\b-p\bp] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be] ...]
       t\bty\byp\bpe\bes\bse\bet\bt [-\b-a\baA\bAf\bfF\bFg\bgi\bil\blr\brt\btu\bux\bx] [-\b-p\bp] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be] ...]
              Declare  variables and/or give them attributes.  If no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\bes are
              given then display the values of variables.  The -\b-p\bp option  will
              display the attributes and values of each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  When -\b-p\bp is used
              with _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments, additional options are ignored.  When -\b-p\bp is
              supplied  without _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments, it will display the attributes
              and values of all variables having the attributes  specified  by
              the  additional  options.  If no other options are supplied with
              -\b-p\bp, d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be will display the attributes and values of all  shell
              variables.   The  -\b-f\bf  option  will restrict the display to shell
              functions.  The -\b-F\bF option inhibits the display of function defi-
              nitions;  only the function name and attributes are printed.  If
              the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg shell option is enabled  using  s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt,  the  source
              file name and line number where the function is defined are dis-
              played as well.  The -\b-F\bF option implies -\b-f\bf.  The -\b-g\bg option forces
              variables  to  be  created or modified at the global scope, even
              when d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be is executed in a shell function.  It is ignored  in
              all  other cases.  The following options can be used to restrict
              output to variables with the  specified  attribute  or  to  give
              variables attributes:
              -\b-a\ba     Each  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  an  indexed  array  variable  (see A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs
                     above).
              -\b-A\bA     Each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is an associative array  variable  (see  A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs
                     above).
              -\b-f\bf     Use function names only.
              -\b-i\bi     The variable is treated as an integer; arithmetic evalua-
                     tion (see A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bHM\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN above) is performed  when
                     the variable is assigned a value.
              -\b-l\bl     When  the  variable  is  assigned a value, all upper-case
                     characters are converted to lower-case.   The  upper-case
                     attribute is disabled.
              -\b-r\br     Make _\bn_\ba_\bm_\bes readonly.  These names cannot then be assigned
                     values by subsequent assignment statements or unset.
              -\b-t\bt     Give each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be the  _\bt_\br_\ba_\bc_\be  attribute.   Traced  functions
                     inherit  the  D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG  and  R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN  traps  from the calling
                     shell.  The trace attribute has no  special  meaning  for
                     variables.
              -\b-u\bu     When  the  variable  is  assigned a value, all lower-case
                     characters are converted to upper-case.   The  lower-case
                     attribute is disabled.
              -\b-x\bx     Mark  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\bes  for  export  to  subsequent commands via the
                     environment.

              Using `+' instead of `-' turns off the attribute  instead,  with
              the exceptions that +\b+a\ba may not be used to destroy an array vari-
              able and +\b+r\br will not remove the readonly attribute.   When  used
              in a function, makes each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be local, as with the l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl command,
              unless the -\b-g\bgP\bP o\bop\bpt\bti\bio\bon\bn i\bis\bs s\bsu\bup\bpp\bpl\bli\bie\bed\bd,\b, I\bIf\bf a\ba v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be  n\bna\bam\bme\be  i\bis\bs  f\bfo\bol\bl-\b-
              l\blo\bow\bwe\bed\bd b\bby\by =\b=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be,\b, t\bth\bhe\be v\bva\bal\blu\bue\be o\bof\bf t\bth\bhe\be v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be i\bis\bs s\bse\bet\bt t\bto\bo _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be.\b.  T\bTh\bhe\be
              r\bre\bet\btu\bur\brn\bn v\bva\bal\blu\bue\be i\bis\bs 0\b0 u\bun\bnl\ble\bes\bss\bs a\ban\bn i\bin\bnv\bva\bal\bli\bid\bd o\bop\bpt\bti\bio\bon\bn  i\bis\bs  e\ben\bnc\bco\bou\bun\bnt\bte\ber\bre\bed\bd,\b,  a\ban\bn
              a\bat\btt\bte\bem\bmp\bpt\bt  i\bis\bs  m\bma\bad\bde\be  t\bto\bo d\bde\bef\bfi\bin\bne\be a\ba f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\bti\bio\bon\bn u\bus\bsi\bin\bng\bg `\b``\b`-\b-f\bf f\bfo\boo\bo=\b=b\bba\bar\br'\b''\b',\b, a\ban\bn
              a\bat\btt\bte\bem\bmp\bpt\bt i\bis\bs m\bma\bad\bde\be t\bto\bo a\bas\bss\bsi\big\bgn\bn a\ba v\bva\bal\blu\bue\be t\bto\bo  a\ba  r\bre\bea\bad\bdo\bon\bnl\bly\by  v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be,\b,  a\ban\bn
              a\bat\btt\bte\bem\bmp\bpt\bt  i\bis\bs  m\bma\bad\bde\be t\bto\bo a\bas\bss\bsi\big\bgn\bn a\ba v\bva\bal\blu\bue\be t\bto\bo a\ban\bn a\bar\brr\bra\bay\by v\bva\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\be w\bwi\bit\bth\bho\bou\but\bt
              u\bus\bsi\bin\bng\bg t\bth\bhe\be c\bco\bom\bmp\bpo\bou\bun\bnd\bd a\bas\bss\bsi\big\bgn\bnm\bme\ben\bnt\bt s\bsy\byn\bnt\bta\bax\bx (\b(s\bse\bee\be A\bAr\brr\bra\bay\bys\bs above), one  of
              the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs is not a valid shell variable name, an attempt is made
              to turn off readonly status for a readonly variable, an  attempt
              is  made  to  turn off array status for an array variable, or an
              attempt is made to display a non-existent function with -\b-f\bf.

       d\bdi\bir\brs\bs [\b[+\b+_\bn]\b] [\b[-\b-_\bn]\b] [\b[-\b-c\bcl\blp\bpv\bv]\b]
              Without options,  displays  the  list  of  currently  remembered
              directories.   The  default  display  is  on  a single line with
              directory names separated by spaces.  Directories are  added  to
              the  list  with  the  p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd  command;  the  p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd command removes
              entries from the list.
              +\b+_\bn     Displays the _\bnth entry counting from the left of the list
                     shown by d\bdi\bir\brs\bs when invoked without options, starting with
                     zero.
              -\b-_\bn     Displays the _\bnth entry counting from  the  right  of  the
                     list shown by d\bdi\bir\brs\bs when invoked without options, starting
                     with zero.
              -\b-c\bc     Clears  the  directory  stack  by  deleting  all  of  the
                     entries.
              -\b-l\bl     Produces  a  longer  listing;  the default listing format
                     uses a tilde to denote the home directory.
              -\b-p\bp     Print the directory stack with one entry per line.
              -\b-v\bv     Print the directory stack with one entry per  line,  pre-
                     fixing each entry with its index in the stack.

              The  return value is 0 unless an invalid option is supplied or _\bn
              indexes beyond the end of the directory stack.

       d\bdi\bis\bso\bow\bwn\bn [-\b-a\bar\br] [-\b-h\bh] [_\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc ...]
              Without options, each _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  is  removed  from  the  table  of
              active  jobs.   If _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is not present, and neither -\b-a\ba nor -\b-r\br
              is supplied, the shell's notion of the _\bc_\bu_\br_\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bj_\bo_\bb is used.   If
              the -\b-h\bh option is given, each _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is not removed from the ta-
              ble, but is marked so that S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP is not sent to the job if  the
              shell  receives a S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP.  If no _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is present, and neither
              the -\b-a\ba nor the -\b-r\br option is supplied, the _\bc_\bu_\br_\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bj_\bo_\bb  is  used.
              If no _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is supplied, the -\b-a\ba option means to remove or mark
              all jobs; the -\b-r\br option without  a  _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  argument  restricts
              operation  to running jobs.  The return value is 0 unless a _\bj_\bo_\bb_\b-
              _\bs_\bp_\be_\bc does not specify a valid job.

       e\bec\bch\bho\bo [-\b-n\bne\beE\bE] [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
              Output the _\ba_\br_\bgs, separated by spaces,  followed  by  a  newline.
              The return status is always 0.  If -\b-n\bn is specified, the trailing
              newline is suppressed.  If the -\b-e\be option is  given,  interpreta-
              tion  of  the following backslash-escaped characters is enabled.
              The -\b-E\bE option disables the interpretation of these escape  char-
              acters,  even  on systems where they are interpreted by default.
              The x\bxp\bpg\bg_\b_e\bec\bch\bho\bo shell option may be used to  dynamically  determine
              whether  or not e\bec\bch\bho\bo expands these escape characters by default.
              e\bec\bch\bho\bo does not interpret -\b--\b- to mean the  end  of  options.   e\bec\bch\bho\bo
              interprets the following escape sequences:
              \\b\a\ba     alert (bell)
              \\b\b\bb     backspace
              \\b\c\bc     suppress further output
              \\b\e\be
              \\b\E\bE     an escape character
              \\b\f\bf     form feed
              \\b\n\bn     new line
              \\b\r\br     carriage return
              \\b\t\bt     horizontal tab
              \\b\v\bv     vertical tab
              \\b\\\b\     backslash
              \\b\0\b0_\bn_\bn_\bn  the  eight-bit  character  whose value is the octal value
                     _\bn_\bn_\bn (zero to three octal digits)
              \\b\x\bx_\bH_\bH   the eight-bit character whose value  is  the  hexadecimal
                     value _\bH_\bH (one or two hex digits)
              \\b\u\bu_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH the  Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character whose value is the
                     hexadecimal value _\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH (one to four hex digits)
              \\b\U\bU_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH
                     the Unicode (ISO/IEC 10646) character whose value is  the
                     hexadecimal value _\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH_\bH (one to eight hex digits)

       e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\be [-\b-a\ba] [-\b-d\bdn\bnp\bps\bs] [-\b-f\bf _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              Enable  and disable builtin shell commands.  Disabling a builtin
              allows a disk command which has the same name as a shell builtin
              to  be  executed without specifying a full pathname, even though
              the shell normally searches for builtins before  disk  commands.
              If  -\b-n\bn  is  used,  each  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is disabled; otherwise, _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are
              enabled.  For example, to use the t\bte\bes\bst\bt binary found via the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH
              instead  of  the  shell builtin version, run ``enable -n test''.
              The -\b-f\bf option means to load the new builtin  command  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  from
              shared object _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, on systems that support dynamic loading.
              The -\b-d\bd option will delete a builtin previously loaded  with  -\b-f\bf.
              If no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments are given, or if the -\b-p\bp option is supplied,
              a list of shell builtins is printed.  With no other option argu-
              ments,  the  list consists of all enabled shell builtins.  If -\b-n\bn
              is supplied, only disabled builtins are printed.  If -\b-a\ba is  sup-
              plied,  the  list printed includes all builtins, with an indica-
              tion of whether or not each is enabled.  If -\b-s\bs is supplied,  the
              output  is restricted to the POSIX _\bs_\bp_\be_\bc_\bi_\ba_\bl builtins.  The return
              value is 0 unless a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is not a shell builtin or there  is  an
              error loading a new builtin from a shared object.

       e\bev\bva\bal\bl [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
              The  _\ba_\br_\bgs  are read and concatenated together into a single com-
              mand.  This command is then read and executed by the shell,  and
              its  exit status is returned as the value of e\bev\bva\bal\bl.  If there are
              no _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs, or only null arguments, e\bev\bva\bal\bl returns 0.

       e\bex\bxe\bec\bc [-\b-c\bcl\bl] [-\b-a\ba _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [_\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]]
              If _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is specified, it replaces the shell.  No new  process
              is  created.  The _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs become the arguments to _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.  If
              the -\b-l\bl option is supplied, the shell places a dash at the begin-
              ning  of  the  zeroth  argument passed to _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd.  This is what
              _\bl_\bo_\bg_\bi_\bn(1) does.  The -\b-c\bc option causes _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd to be executed with
              an  empty environment.  If -\b-a\ba is supplied, the shell passes _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              as the zeroth argument to the executed command.  If _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd can-
              not  be executed for some reason, a non-interactive shell exits,
              unless the shell option e\bex\bxe\bec\bcf\bfa\bai\bil\bl is enabled, in  which  case  it
              returns  failure.   An  interactive shell returns failure if the
              file cannot be executed.  If _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is not specified, any redi-
              rections take effect in the current shell, and the return status
              is 0.  If there is a redirection error, the return status is  1.

       e\bex\bxi\bit\bt [_\bn]
              Cause  the  shell  to exit with a status of _\bn.  If _\bn is omitted,
              the exit status is that of the last command executed.  A trap on
              E\bEX\bXI\bIT\bT is executed before the shell terminates.

       e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt [-\b-f\bfn\bn] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd]] ...
       e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt -\b-p\bp
              The  supplied _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are marked for automatic export to the envi-
              ronment of subsequently executed commands.  If the -\b-f\bf option  is
              given,  the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs refer to functions.  If no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are given, or
              if the -\b-p\bp option is supplied, a  list  of  all  names  that  are
              exported  in  this  shell  is printed.  The -\b-n\bn option causes the
              export property to be removed from each  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.   If  a  variable
              name  is  followed by =_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd, the value of the variable is set to
              _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd.  e\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt returns an exit status  of  0  unless  an  invalid
              option  is  encountered,  one  of the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs is not a valid shell
              variable name, or -\b-f\bf is supplied with a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be that is not a func-
              tion.

       f\bfc\bc [-\b-e\be _\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [-\b-l\bln\bnr\br] [_\bf_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt] [_\bl_\ba_\bs_\bt]
       f\bfc\bc -\b-s\bs [_\bp_\ba_\bt=_\br_\be_\bp] [_\bc_\bm_\bd]
              Fix  Command.  In the first form, a range of commands from _\bf_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt
              to _\bl_\ba_\bs_\bt is selected from the history list.  _\bF_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt and  _\bl_\ba_\bs_\bt  may
              be  specified  as a string (to locate the last command beginning
              with that string) or as a number  (an  index  into  the  history
              list, where a negative number is used as an offset from the cur-
              rent command number).  If _\bl_\ba_\bs_\bt is not specified it is set to the
              current  command  for  listing (so that ``fc -l -10'' prints the
              last 10 commands) and to _\bf_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt otherwise.  If _\bf_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt is not spec-
              ified  it is set to the previous command for editing and -16 for
              listing.

              The -\b-n\bn option suppresses the command numbers when listing.   The
              -\b-r\br  option reverses the order of the commands.  If the -\b-l\bl option
              is given, the commands are listed on  standard  output.   Other-
              wise,  the editor given by _\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is invoked on a file containing
              those commands.  If _\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is not given, the value of the  F\bFC\bCE\bED\bDI\bIT\bT
              variable  is used, and the value of E\bED\bDI\bIT\bTO\bOR\bR if F\bFC\bCE\bED\bDI\bIT\bT is not set.
              If neither variable is set, _\bv_\bi is used.  When  editing  is  com-
              plete, the edited commands are echoed and executed.

              In  the  second form, _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd is re-executed after each instance
              of _\bp_\ba_\bt is replaced by _\br_\be_\bp.  A useful alias to use with  this  is
              ``r="fc  -s"'',  so  that  typing ``r cc'' runs the last command
              beginning with ``cc'' and typing ``r'' re-executes the last com-
              mand.

              If  the  first  form  is  used,  the return value is 0 unless an
              invalid option is encountered or _\bf_\bi_\br_\bs_\bt or _\bl_\ba_\bs_\bt  specify  history
              lines  out  of  range.  If the -\b-e\be option is supplied, the return
              value is the value of the last command executed or failure if an
              error occurs with the temporary file of commands.  If the second
              form is used, the return status is that of the  command  re-exe-
              cuted,  unless  _\bc_\bm_\bd  does  not  specify a valid history line, in
              which case f\bfc\bc returns failure.

       f\bfg\bg [_\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc]
              Resume _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc in the foreground, and make it the  current  job.
              If _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is not present, the shell's notion of the _\bc_\bu_\br_\br_\be_\bn_\bt _\bj_\bo_\bb
              is used.  The return value is that of the  command  placed  into
              the  foreground,  or failure if run when job control is disabled
              or, when run with job control enabled, if _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc does not spec-
              ify  a  valid  job  or  _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc specifies a job that was started
              without job control.

       g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bs]
              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs is used by shell procedures to parse positional  parame-
              ters.   _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg  contains  the  option characters to be recog-
              nized; if a character is followed by  a  colon,  the  option  is
              expected  to have an argument, which should be separated from it
              by white space.  The colon and question mark characters may  not
              be  used as option characters.  Each time it is invoked, g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs
              places the next option in the shell variable _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be,  initializing
              _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be if it does not exist, and the index of the next argument to
              be processed into the variable O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bND\bD.  O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bND\bD is initialized to
              1  each  time  the  shell or a shell script is invoked.  When an
              option requires an argument, g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs places that  argument  into
              the  variable O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG.  The shell does not reset O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bND\bD automati-
              cally; it must be  manually  reset  between  multiple  calls  to
              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs within the same shell invocation if a new set of parame-
              ters is to be used.

              When the end of options is encountered,  g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs  exits  with  a
              return  value  greater than zero.  O\bOP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bND\bD is set to the index of
              the first non-option argument, and _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is set to ?.

              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs normally parses the positional parameters, but  if  more
              arguments are given in _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs, g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs parses those instead.

              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs  can  report errors in two ways.  If the first character
              of _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is a colon, _\bs_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\bt error  reporting  is  used.   In
              normal  operation  diagnostic  messages are printed when invalid
              options or missing option arguments  are  encountered.   If  the
              variable  O\bOP\bPT\bTE\bER\bRR\bR  is  set  to  0, no error messages will be dis-
              played, even if the first character of _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg is not a colon.

              If an invalid option is seen, g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs places ? into _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be and, if
              not silent, prints an  error  message  and  unsets  O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG.   If
              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs  is  silent,  the  option  character  found is placed in
              O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG and no diagnostic message is printed.

              If a required argument is not found, and g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs is not  silent,
              a  question  mark  (?\b?) is placed in _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG is unset, and a
              diagnostic message is printed.  If g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs  is  silent,  then  a
              colon  (:\b:)  is  placed  in  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be and O\bOP\bPT\bTA\bAR\bRG\bG is set to the option
              character found.

              g\bge\bet\bto\bop\bpt\bts\bs returns true if an option, specified or unspecified,  is
              found.  It returns false if the end of options is encountered or
              an error occurs.

       h\bha\bas\bsh\bh [-\b-l\blr\br] [-\b-p\bp _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [-\b-d\bdt\bt] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be]
              Each time h\bha\bas\bsh\bh is invoked, the full pathname of the command _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              is  determined  by searching the directories in $\b$P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH and remem-
              bered.  Any previously-remembered pathname is discarded.  If the
              -\b-p\bp option is supplied, no path search is performed, and _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              is used as the full file name of the  command.   The  -\b-r\br  option
              causes  the  shell  to  forget all remembered locations.  The -\b-d\bd
              option causes the shell to forget  the  remembered  location  of
              each  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.   If the -\b-t\bt option is supplied, the full pathname to
              which each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be corresponds is printed.  If multiple _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  argu-
              ments  are  supplied  with  -\b-t\bt,  the  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is printed before the
              hashed full pathname.  The -\b-l\bl option causes output  to  be  dis-
              played in a format that may be reused as input.  If no arguments
              are given, or if only -\b-l\bl is supplied, information  about  remem-
              bered  commands  is printed.  The return status is true unless a
              _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is not found or an invalid option is supplied.

       h\bhe\bel\blp\bp [-\b-d\bdm\bms\bs] [_\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn]
              Display helpful information about builtin commands.  If  _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn
              is  specified, h\bhe\bel\blp\bp gives detailed help on all commands matching
              _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn; otherwise help for all the builtins and  shell  control
              structures is printed.
              -\b-d\bd     Display a short description of each _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn
              -\b-m\bm     Display the description of each _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn in a manpage-like
                     format
              -\b-s\bs     Display only a short usage synopsis for each _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn
       The return status is 0 unless no command matches _\bp_\ba_\bt_\bt_\be_\br_\bn.

       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by [\b[_\bn]\b]
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by -\b-c\bc
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by -\b-d\bd _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by -\b-a\ban\bnr\brw\bw [_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be]
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by -\b-p\bp _\ba_\br_\bg [_\ba_\br_\bg _\b._\b._\b.]
       h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by -\b-s\bs _\ba_\br_\bg [_\ba_\br_\bg _\b._\b._\b.]
              With no options, display the command history list with line num-
              bers.  Lines listed with a *\b* have been modified.  An argument of
              _\bn lists only the last _\bn lines.  If the shell variable  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTT\bTI\bIM\bME\bE-\b-
              F\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT  is  set  and not null, it is used as a format string for
              _\bs_\bt_\br_\bf_\bt_\bi_\bm_\be(3) to display the time stamp associated with each  dis-
              played  history  entry.  No intervening blank is printed between
              the formatted time stamp and the history line.  If  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is
              supplied,  it  is  used as the name of the history file; if not,
              the value of H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is used.  Options, if supplied,  have  the
              following meanings:
              -\b-c\bc     Clear the history list by deleting all the entries.
              -\b-d\bd _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt
                     Delete the history entry at position _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt.
              -\b-a\ba     Append  the  ``new'' history lines (history lines entered
                     since the beginning of the current b\bba\bas\bsh\bh session)  to  the
                     history file.
              -\b-n\bn     Read  the history lines not already read from the history
                     file into the current  history  list.   These  are  lines
                     appended  to  the history file since the beginning of the
                     current b\bba\bas\bsh\bh session.
              -\b-r\br     Read the contents of the history file and use them as the
                     current history.
              -\b-w\bw     Write  the current history to the history file, overwrit-
                     ing the history file's contents.
              -\b-p\bp     Perform history substitution on the  following  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs  and
                     display  the  result  on  the  standard output.  Does not
                     store the results in the history list.  Each _\ba_\br_\bg must  be
                     quoted to disable normal history expansion.
              -\b-s\bs     Store  the  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs  in  the history list as a single entry.
                     The last command in the history list  is  removed  before
                     the _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs are added.

              If  the  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTT\bTI\bIM\bME\bEF\bFO\bOR\bRM\bMA\bAT\bT variable is set, the time stamp informa-
              tion associated with each history entry is written to  the  his-
              tory  file, marked with the history comment character.  When the
              history file is read, lines beginning with the  history  comment
              character  followed  immediately  by  a digit are interpreted as
              timestamps for the previous history line.  The return value is 0
              unless  an  invalid option is encountered, an error occurs while
              reading or writing the history file, an invalid _\bo_\bf_\bf_\bs_\be_\bt  is  sup-
              plied as an argument to -\b-d\bd, or the history expansion supplied as
              an argument to -\b-p\bp fails.

       j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs [-\b-l\bln\bnp\bpr\brs\bs] [ _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc ... ]
       j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs -\b-x\bx _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd [ _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs ... ]
              The first form lists the active jobs.  The options have the fol-
              lowing meanings:
              -\b-l\bl     List process IDs in addition to the normal information.
              -\b-n\bn     Display  information  only  about  jobs that have changed
                     status since the user was last notified of their  status.
              -\b-p\bp     List  only  the  process  ID  of  the job's process group
                     leader.
              -\b-r\br     Restrict output to running jobs.
              -\b-s\bs     Restrict output to stopped jobs.

              If _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is given, output is restricted to  information  about
              that  job.   The  return status is 0 unless an invalid option is
              encountered or an invalid _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is supplied.

              If the -\b-x\bx option is supplied, j\bjo\bob\bbs\bs replaces any _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc found in
              _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd  or  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs  with  the corresponding process group ID, and
              executes _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd passing it _\ba_\br_\bg_\bs, returning its exit status.

       k\bki\bil\bll\bl [-\b-s\bs _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc | -\b-n\bn _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\bu_\bm | -\b-_\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc] [_\bp_\bi_\bd | _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc] ...
       k\bki\bil\bll\bl -\b-l\bl [_\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc | _\be_\bx_\bi_\bt_\b__\bs_\bt_\ba_\bt_\bu_\bs]
              Send the signal named by _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  or  _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\bu_\bm  to  the  processes
              named  by  _\bp_\bi_\bd or _\bj_\bo_\bb_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc.  _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is either a case-insensitive
              signal name such as S\bSI\bIG\bGK\bKI\bIL\bLL\bL (with or without the S\bSI\bIG\bG prefix)  or
              a  signal  number; _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\bu_\bm is a signal number.  If _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is not
              present, then S\bSI\bIG\bGT\bTE\bER\bRM\bM is assumed.  An argument of -\b-l\bl  lists  the
              signal  names.   If any arguments are supplied when -\b-l\bl is given,
              the names of the signals  corresponding  to  the  arguments  are
              listed, and the return status is 0.  The _\be_\bx_\bi_\bt_\b__\bs_\bt_\ba_\bt_\bu_\bs argument to
              -\b-l\bl is a number specifying either a signal  number  or  the  exit
              status  of  a process terminated by a signal.  k\bki\bil\bll\bl returns true
              if at least one signal was successfully sent,  or  false  if  an
              error occurs or an invalid option is encountered.

       l\ble\bet\bt _\ba_\br_\bg [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
              Each _\ba_\br_\bg is an arithmetic expression to be evaluated (see A\bAR\bRI\bIT\bTH\bH-\b-
              M\bME\bET\bTI\bIC\bC E\bEV\bVA\bAL\bLU\bUA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN above).  If the last _\ba_\br_\bg evaluates  to  0,  l\ble\bet\bt
              returns 1; 0 is returned otherwise.

       l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl [_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be] ...]
              For  each  argument, a local variable named _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is created, and
              assigned _\bv_\ba_\bl_\bu_\be.  The _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn can be any of the  options  accepted
              by d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be.  When l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl is used within a function, it causes the
              variable _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be to have a visible scope restricted to  that  func-
              tion and its children.  With no operands, l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl writes a list of
              local variables to the standard output.  It is an error  to  use
              l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl when not within a function.  The return status is 0 unless
              l\blo\boc\bca\bal\bl is used outside a function, an invalid _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  supplied,
              or _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is a readonly variable.

       l\blo\bog\bgo\bou\but\bt Exit a login shell.

       m\bma\bap\bpf\bfi\bil\ble\be  [-\b-n\bn  _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt]  [-\b-O\bO _\bo_\br_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bn] [-\b-s\bs _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt] [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-u\bu _\bf_\bd] [-\b-C\bC _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk]
       [-\b-c\bc _\bq_\bu_\ba_\bn_\bt_\bu_\bm] [_\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by]
       r\bre\bea\bad\bda\bar\brr\bra\bay\by  [-\b-n\bn _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt] [-\b-O\bO _\bo_\br_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bn] [-\b-s\bs _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt] [-\b-t\bt] [-\b-u\bu _\bf_\bd] [-\b-C\bC _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk]
       [-\b-c\bc _\bq_\bu_\ba_\bn_\bt_\bu_\bm] [_\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by]
              Read  lines from the standard input into the indexed array vari-
              able _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by, or from file descriptor _\bf_\bd if the -\b-u\bu option is  sup-
              plied.   The variable M\bMA\bAP\bPF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE is the default _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by.  Options, if
              supplied, have the following meanings:
              -\b-n\bn     Copy at most _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt lines.  If _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt is 0, all  lines  are
                     copied.
              -\b-O\bO     Begin  assigning  to  _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by at index _\bo_\br_\bi_\bg_\bi_\bn.  The default
                     index is 0.
              -\b-s\bs     Discard the first _\bc_\bo_\bu_\bn_\bt lines read.
              -\b-t\bt     Remove a trailing newline from each line read.
              -\b-u\bu     Read lines from file descriptor _\bf_\bd instead of  the  stan-
                     dard input.
              -\b-C\bC     Evaluate  _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk each time _\bq_\bu_\ba_\bn_\bt_\bu_\bm lines are read.  The
                     -\b-c\bc option specifies _\bq_\bu_\ba_\bn_\bt_\bu_\bm.
              -\b-c\bc     Specify the number of lines read  between  each  call  to
                     _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk.

              If  -\b-C\bC  is  specified  without  -\b-c\bc, the default quantum is 5000.
              When _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk is evaluated, it is supplied the index of the next
              array element to be assigned and the line to be assigned to that
              element as additional arguments.  _\bc_\ba_\bl_\bl_\bb_\ba_\bc_\bk  is  evaluated  after
              the line is read but before the array element is assigned.

              If  not  supplied  with  an  explicit origin, m\bma\bap\bpf\bfi\bil\ble\be will clear
              _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by before assigning to it.

              m\bma\bap\bpf\bfi\bil\ble\be returns successfully unless an invalid option or  option
              argument  is  supplied,  _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by is invalid or unassignable, or if
              _\ba_\br_\br_\ba_\by is not an indexed array.

       p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd [-n\bn] [+_\bn] [-_\bn]
              Removes entries from the directory stack.   With  no  arguments,
              removes  the  top directory from the stack, and performs a c\bcd\bd to
              the new top directory.  Arguments, if supplied, have the follow-
              ing meanings:
              -\b-n\bn     Suppresses  the  normal change of directory when removing
                     directories from the stack, so that  only  the  stack  is
                     manipulated.
              +\b+_\bn     Removes  the _\bnth entry counting from the left of the list
                     shown by d\bdi\bir\brs\bs, starting with zero.  For  example:  ``popd
                     +0'' removes the first directory, ``popd +1'' the second.
              -\b-_\bn     Removes the _\bnth entry counting from the right of the list
                     shown  by  d\bdi\bir\brs\bs, starting with zero.  For example: ``popd
                     -0'' removes the last directory, ``popd -1'' the next  to
                     last.

              If  the p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd command is successful, a d\bdi\bir\brs\bs is performed as well,
              and the return status is 0.  p\bpo\bop\bpd\bd returns false  if  an  invalid
              option is encountered, the directory stack is empty, a non-exis-
              tent directory stack entry is specified, or the directory change
              fails.

       p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\btf\bf [-\b-v\bv _\bv_\ba_\br] _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt [_\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs]
              Write  the  formatted _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs to the standard output under the
              control of the _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt.  The -\b-v\bv option causes the  output  to  be
              assigned  to  the  variable _\bv_\ba_\br rather than being printed to the
              standard output.

              The _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt is a character string which contains three  types  of
              objects:  plain  characters, which are simply copied to standard
              output, character escape  sequences,  which  are  converted  and
              copied  to  the standard output, and format specifications, each
              of which causes printing of the next  successive  _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt.   In
              addition to the standard _\bp_\br_\bi_\bn_\bt_\bf(1) format specifications, p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\btf\bf
              interprets the following extensions:
              %\b%b\bb     causes p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\btf\bf to expand backslash escape sequences in the
                     corresponding _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt (except that \\b\c\bc terminates output,
                     backslashes in \\b\'\b', \\b\"\b", and \\b\?\b? are not removed, and  octal
                     escapes beginning with \\b\0\b0 may contain up to four digits).
              %\b%q\bq     causes p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\btf\bf to output the corresponding _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt  in  a
                     format that can be reused as shell input.
              %\b%(\b(_\bd_\ba_\bt_\be_\bf_\bm_\bt)\b)T\bT
                     causes  p\bpr\bri\bin\bnt\btf\bf  to  output the date-time string resulting
                     from using _\bd_\ba_\bt_\be_\bf_\bm_\bt as a format  string  for  _\bs_\bt_\br_\bf_\bt_\bi_\bm_\be(3).
                     The corresponding _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt is an integer representing the
                     number of seconds since the epoch.  Two special  argument
                     values  may  be used: -1 represents the current time, and
                     -2 represents the time the shell was invoked.

              Arguments to non-string format specifiers are treated as C  con-
              stants, except that a leading plus or minus sign is allowed, and
              if the leading character is a single or double quote, the  value
              is the ASCII value of the following character.

              The  _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt  is  reused as necessary to consume all of the _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\b-
              _\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs.  If the _\bf_\bo_\br_\bm_\ba_\bt requires more _\ba_\br_\bg_\bu_\bm_\be_\bn_\bt_\bs than are supplied,
              the  extra  format  specifications  behave as if a zero value or
              null string, as appropriate,  had  been  supplied.   The  return
              value is zero on success, non-zero on failure.

       p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd [-\b-n\bn] [+_\bn] [-_\bn]
       p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd [-\b-n\bn] [_\bd_\bi_\br]
              Adds  a  directory to the top of the directory stack, or rotates
              the stack, making the new top of the stack the  current  working
              directory.  With no arguments, exchanges the top two directories
              and returns 0, unless the directory stack is empty.   Arguments,
              if supplied, have the following meanings:
              -\b-n\bn     Suppresses  the  normal  change  of directory when adding
                     directories to the stack,  so  that  only  the  stack  is
                     manipulated.
              +\b+_\bn     Rotates  the  stack  so  that the _\bnth directory (counting
                     from the left of the list shown by  d\bdi\bir\brs\bs,  starting  with
                     zero) is at the top.
              -\b-_\bn     Rotates  the  stack  so  that the _\bnth directory (counting
                     from the right of the list shown by d\bdi\bir\brs\bs,  starting  with
                     zero) is at the top.
              _\bd_\bi_\br    Adds _\bd_\bi_\br to the directory stack at the top, making it the
                     new current working directory.

              If the p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd command is successful, a d\bdi\bir\brs\bs is performed as well.
              If  the first form is used, p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd returns 0 unless the cd to _\bd_\bi_\br
              fails.  With the second form, p\bpu\bus\bsh\bhd\bd returns 0 unless the  direc-
              tory  stack  is empty, a non-existent directory stack element is
              specified, or the directory change to the specified new  current
              directory fails.

       p\bpw\bwd\bd [-\b-L\bLP\bP]
              Print  the  absolute  pathname of the current working directory.
              The pathname printed contains no symbolic links if the -\b-P\bP option
              is supplied or the -\b-o\bo p\bph\bhy\bys\bsi\bic\bca\bal\bl option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin command
              is enabled.  If the -\b-L\bL option is used, the pathname printed  may
              contain  symbolic links.  The return status is 0 unless an error
              occurs while reading the name of the  current  directory  or  an
              invalid option is supplied.

       r\bre\bea\bad\bd [-\b-e\ber\brs\bs] [-\b-a\ba _\ba_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [-\b-d\bd _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm] [-\b-i\bi _\bt_\be_\bx_\bt] [-\b-n\bn _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs] [-\b-N\bN _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs] [-\b-p\bp
       _\bp_\br_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bt] [-\b-t\bt _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be_\bo_\bu_\bt] [-\b-u\bu _\bf_\bd] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              One  line  is  read  from  the  standard input, or from the file
              descriptor _\bf_\bd supplied as an argument to the -\b-u\bu option, and  the
              first word is assigned to the first _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, the second word to the
              second _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, and so on, with leftover words and their  interven-
              ing  separators  assigned  to the last _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.  If there are fewer
              words read from the input stream than names, the remaining names
              are  assigned  empty  values.  The characters in I\bIF\bFS\bS are used to
              split the line into words.  The backslash character (\\b\)  may  be
              used  to  remove any special meaning for the next character read
              and for line continuation.  Options, if supplied, have the  fol-
              lowing meanings:
              -\b-a\ba _\ba_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
                     The words are assigned to sequential indices of the array
                     variable _\ba_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, starting at 0.  _\ba_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is unset before any
                     new  values  are  assigned.   Other  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  arguments  are
                     ignored.
              -\b-d\bd _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm
                     The first character of _\bd_\be_\bl_\bi_\bm is  used  to  terminate  the
                     input line, rather than newline.
              -\b-e\be     If the standard input is coming from a terminal, r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be
                     (see R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE above) is used to obtain the  line.   Read-
                     line  uses  the  current (or default, if line editing was
                     not previously active) editing settings.
              -\b-i\bi _\bt_\be_\bx_\bt
                     If r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be is being used  to  read  the  line,  _\bt_\be_\bx_\bt  is
                     placed into the editing buffer before editing begins.
              -\b-n\bn _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs
                     r\bre\bea\bad\bd  returns after reading _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs characters rather than
                     waiting for a complete line of input, but honor a  delim-
                     iter  if fewer than _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs characters are read before the
                     delimiter.
              -\b-N\bN _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs
                     r\bre\bea\bad\bd returns  after  reading  exactly  _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs  characters
                     rather  than waiting for a complete line of input, unless
                     EOF is encountered or r\bre\bea\bad\bd times out.  Delimiter  charac-
                     ters  encountered  in the input are not treated specially
                     and do not cause r\bre\bea\bad\bd to return until  _\bn_\bc_\bh_\ba_\br_\bs  characters
                     are read.
              -\b-p\bp _\bp_\br_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bt
                     Display _\bp_\br_\bo_\bm_\bp_\bt on standard error, without a trailing new-
                     line, before attempting to read any input.  The prompt is
                     displayed only if input is coming from a terminal.
              -\b-r\br     Backslash does not act as an escape character.  The back-
                     slash is considered to be part of the line.  In  particu-
                     lar,  a  backslash-newline pair may not be used as a line
                     continuation.
              -\b-s\bs     Silent mode.  If input is coming from a terminal, charac-
                     ters are not echoed.
              -\b-t\bt _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be_\bo_\bu_\bt
                     Cause  r\bre\bea\bad\bd  to time out and return failure if a complete
                     line of input is not read within _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be_\bo_\bu_\bt seconds.   _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be_\b-
                     _\bo_\bu_\bt  may  be  a  decimal number with a fractional portion
                     following the decimal point.  This option is only  effec-
                     tive  if  r\bre\bea\bad\bd is reading input from a terminal, pipe, or
                     other special file; it has no effect  when  reading  from
                     regular  files.  If _\bt_\bi_\bm_\be_\bo_\bu_\bt is 0, r\bre\bea\bad\bd returns success if
                     input is available  on  the  specified  file  descriptor,
                     failure  otherwise.   The exit status is greater than 128
                     if the timeout is exceeded.
              -\b-u\bu _\bf_\bd  Read input from file descriptor _\bf_\bd.

              If no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are supplied, the line read is assigned to the vari-
              able  R\bRE\bEP\bPL\bLY\bY.   The  return  code  is zero, unless end-of-file is
              encountered, r\bre\bea\bad\bd times out (in which case the  return  code  is
              greater  than 128), or an invalid file descriptor is supplied as
              the argument to -\b-u\bu.

       r\bre\bea\bad\bdo\bon\bnl\bly\by [-\b-a\baA\bAp\bpf\bf] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be[=_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd] ...]
              The given _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are marked readonly; the values of  these  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs
              may  not  be changed by subsequent assignment.  If the -\b-f\bf option
              is supplied, the functions corresponding to  the  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs  are  so
              marked.   The  -\b-a\ba  option  restricts  the  variables  to indexed
              arrays; the -\b-A\bA option restricts  the  variables  to  associative
              arrays.   If no _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments are given, or if the -\b-p\bp option is
              supplied, a list of all  readonly  names  is  printed.   The  -\b-p\bp
              option  causes  output  to  be displayed in a format that may be
              reused as input.  If a variable name is followed by  =_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd,  the
              value  of  the  variable is set to _\bw_\bo_\br_\bd.  The return status is 0
              unless an invalid option is encountered, one of the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs is not
              a  valid shell variable name, or -\b-f\bf is supplied with a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be that
              is not a function.

       r\bre\bet\btu\bur\brn\bn [_\bn]
              Causes a function to exit with the return value specified by  _\bn.
              If  _\bn  is omitted, the return status is that of the last command
              executed in the function body.  If used outside a function,  but
              during  execution  of  a  script  by the .\b.  (s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be) command, it
              causes the shell to stop executing that script and return either
              _\bn  or  the  exit  status of the last command executed within the
              script as the exit status of the  script.   If  used  outside  a
              function  and  not during execution of a script by .\b., the return
              status is false.  Any command associated with the R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN trap is
              executed  before execution resumes after the function or script.

       s\bse\bet\bt [-\b--\b-a\bab\bbe\bef\bfh\bhk\bkm\bmn\bnp\bpt\btu\buv\bvx\bxB\bBC\bCE\bEH\bHP\bPT\bT] [-\b-o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
       s\bse\bet\bt [+\b+a\bab\bbe\bef\bfh\bhk\bkm\bmn\bnp\bpt\btu\buv\bvx\bxB\bBC\bCE\bEH\bHP\bPT\bT] [+\b+o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be] [_\ba_\br_\bg ...]
              Without options, the name and value of each shell  variable  are
              displayed in a format that can be reused as input for setting or
              resetting the currently-set variables.  Read-only variables can-
              not  be  reset.  In _\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be, only shell variables are listed.
              The output is sorted according  to  the  current  locale.   When
              options  are specified, they set or unset shell attributes.  Any
              arguments remaining after option processing are treated as  val-
              ues for the positional parameters and are assigned, in order, to
              $\b$1\b1, $\b$2\b2, .\b..\b..\b.  $\b$_\bn.  Options,  if  specified,  have  the  following
              meanings:
              -\b-a\ba      Automatically  mark  variables  and  functions which are
                      modified or created for export  to  the  environment  of
                      subsequent commands.
              -\b-b\bb      Report  the status of terminated background jobs immedi-
                      ately, rather than before the next primary prompt.  This
                      is effective only when job control is enabled.
              -\b-e\be      Exit  immediately  if a _\bp_\bi_\bp_\be_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be (which may consist of a
                      single _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd),  a _\bs_\bu_\bb_\bs_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl command enclosed  in
                      parentheses,  or one of the commands executed as part of
                      a command list enclosed by  braces  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR
                      above) exits with a non-zero status.  The shell does not
                      exit if the command that fails is part  of  the  command
                      list  immediately  following  a  w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be or u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl keyword,
                      part of the test  following  the  i\bif\bf  or  e\bel\bli\bif\bf  reserved
                      words,  part  of any command executed in a &\b&&\b& or |\b||\b| list
                      except the command following the final  &\b&&\b&  or  |\b||\b|,  any
                      command  in a pipeline but the last, or if the command's
                      return value is being inverted with !\b!.  A trap  on  E\bER\bRR\bR,
                      if set, is executed before the shell exits.  This option
                      applies to the shell environment and each subshell envi-
                      ronment  separately  (see  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bMA\bAN\bND\bD E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN E\bEN\bNV\bVI\bIR\bRO\bON\bNM\bME\bEN\bNT\bT
                      above), and may cause subshells to exit before executing
                      all the commands in the subshell.
              -\b-f\bf      Disable pathname expansion.
              -\b-h\bh      Remember  the location of commands as they are looked up
                      for execution.  This is enabled by default.
              -\b-k\bk      All arguments in the form of assignment  statements  are
                      placed  in the environment for a command, not just those
                      that precede the command name.
              -\b-m\bm      Monitor mode.  Job control is enabled.  This  option  is
                      on  by  default  for  interactive shells on systems that
                      support it (see J\bJO\bOB\bB  C\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL  above).   Background  pro-
                      cesses  run  in a separate process group and a line con-
                      taining their exit status is printed upon their  comple-
                      tion.
              -\b-n\bn      Read commands but do not execute them.  This may be used
                      to check a shell script  for  syntax  errors.   This  is
                      ignored by interactive shells.
              -\b-o\bo _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
                      The _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be can be one of the following:
                      a\bal\bll\ble\bex\bxp\bpo\bor\brt\bt
                              Same as -\b-a\ba.
                      b\bbr\bra\bac\bce\bee\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd
                              Same as -\b-B\bB.
                      e\bem\bma\bac\bcs\bs   Use  an  emacs-style command line editing inter-
                              face.  This is enabled by default when the shell
                              is interactive, unless the shell is started with
                              the -\b--\b-n\bno\boe\bed\bdi\bit\bti\bin\bng\bg option.  This also  affects  the
                              editing interface used for r\bre\bea\bad\bd -\b-e\be.
                      e\ber\brr\bre\bex\bxi\bit\bt Same as -\b-e\be.
                      e\ber\brr\brt\btr\bra\bac\bce\be
                              Same as -\b-E\bE.
                      f\bfu\bun\bnc\bct\btr\bra\bac\bce\be
                              Same as -\b-T\bT.
                      h\bha\bas\bsh\bha\bal\bll\bl Same as -\b-h\bh.
                      h\bhi\bis\bst\bte\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd
                              Same as -\b-H\bH.
                      h\bhi\bis\bst\bto\bor\bry\by Enable command history, as described above under
                              H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTO\bOR\bRY\bY.  This option is on by default in inter-
                              active shells.
                      i\big\bgn\bno\bor\bre\bee\beo\bof\bf
                              The   effect   is   as   if  the  shell  command
                              ``IGNOREEOF=10'' had been  executed  (see  S\bSh\bhe\bel\bll\bl
                              V\bVa\bar\bri\bia\bab\bbl\ble\bes\bs above).
                      k\bke\bey\byw\bwo\bor\brd\bd Same as -\b-k\bk.
                      m\bmo\bon\bni\bit\bto\bor\br Same as -\b-m\bm.
                      n\bno\boc\bcl\blo\bob\bbb\bbe\ber\br
                              Same as -\b-C\bC.
                      n\bno\boe\bex\bxe\bec\bc  Same as -\b-n\bn.
                      n\bno\bog\bgl\blo\bob\bb  Same as -\b-f\bf.
                      n\bno\bol\blo\bog\bg   Currently ignored.
                      n\bno\bot\bti\bif\bfy\by  Same as -\b-b\bb.
                      n\bno\bou\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt Same as -\b-u\bu.
                      o\bon\bne\bec\bcm\bmd\bd  Same as -\b-t\bt.
                      p\bph\bhy\bys\bsi\bic\bca\bal\bl
                              Same as -\b-P\bP.
                      p\bpi\bip\bpe\bef\bfa\bai\bil\bl
                              If  set,  the  return value of a pipeline is the
                              value of the last (rightmost)  command  to  exit
                              with  a non-zero status, or zero if all commands
                              in the pipeline exit successfully.  This  option
                              is disabled by default.
                      p\bpo\bos\bsi\bix\bx   Change  the  behavior  of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh where the default
                              operation differs from  the  POSIX  standard  to
                              match the standard (_\bp_\bo_\bs_\bi_\bx _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be).
                      p\bpr\bri\biv\bvi\bil\ble\beg\bge\bed\bd
                              Same as -\b-p\bp.
                      v\bve\ber\brb\bbo\bos\bse\be Same as -\b-v\bv.
                      v\bvi\bi      Use  a  vi-style command line editing interface.
                              This also affects the editing interface used for
                              r\bre\bea\bad\bd -\b-e\be.
                      x\bxt\btr\bra\bac\bce\be  Same as -\b-x\bx.
                      If -\b-o\bo is supplied with no _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, the values of the
                      current options are printed.  If +\b+o\bo is supplied with  no
                      _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn_\b-_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be,  a  series  of s\bse\bet\bt commands to recreate the
                      current option settings is  displayed  on  the  standard
                      output.
              -\b-p\bp      Turn  on  _\bp_\br_\bi_\bv_\bi_\bl_\be_\bg_\be_\bd  mode.   In this mode, the $\b$E\bEN\bNV\bV and
                      $\b$B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV files are not processed, shell  functions  are
                      not  inherited  from the environment, and the S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bLO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS,
                      B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bHO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS, C\bCD\bDP\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH,  and  G\bGL\bLO\bOB\bBI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE  variables,  if  they
                      appear in the environment, are ignored.  If the shell is
                      started with the effective user (group) id not equal  to
                      the  real user (group) id, and the -\b-p\bp option is not sup-
                      plied, these actions are taken and the effective user id
                      is  set  to  the real user id.  If the -\b-p\bp option is sup-
                      plied at startup, the effective user id  is  not  reset.
                      Turning  this  option  off causes the effective user and
                      group ids to be set to the real user and group ids.
              -\b-t\bt      Exit after reading and executing one command.
              -\b-u\bu      Treat unset variables and parameters other than the spe-
                      cial  parameters "@" and "*" as an error when performing
                      parameter expansion.  If expansion is  attempted  on  an
                      unset  variable  or parameter, the shell prints an error
                      message, and, if not interactive, exits with a  non-zero
                      status.
              -\b-v\bv      Print shell input lines as they are read.
              -\b-x\bx      After  expanding  each _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd, f\bfo\bor\br command, c\bca\bas\bse\be
                      command, s\bse\bel\ble\bec\bct\bt command, or arithmetic f\bfo\bor\br command, dis-
                      play  the expanded value of P\bPS\bS4\b4, followed by the command
                      and its expanded arguments or associated word list.
              -\b-B\bB      The shell performs brace expansion (see B\bBr\bra\bac\bce\be  E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn
                      above).  This is on by default.
              -\b-C\bC      If  set,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  does not overwrite an existing file with
                      the >\b>, >\b>&\b&, and <\b<>\b> redirection operators.   This  may  be
                      overridden when creating output files by using the redi-
                      rection operator >\b>|\b| instead of >\b>.
              -\b-E\bE      If set, any trap on E\bER\bRR\bR is inherited by shell functions,
                      command  substitutions,  and commands executed in a sub-
                      shell environment.  The E\bER\bRR\bR trap is normally not  inher-
                      ited in such cases.
              -\b-H\bH      Enable !\b!  style history substitution.  This option is on
                      by default when the shell is interactive.
              -\b-P\bP      If set, the shell does not follow  symbolic  links  when
                      executing  commands  such  as c\bcd\bd that change the current
                      working  directory.   It  uses  the  physical  directory
                      structure instead.  By default, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh follows the logical
                      chain of  directories  when  performing  commands  which
                      change the current directory.
              -\b-T\bT      If  set,  any traps on D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG and R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN are inherited by
                      shell functions,  command  substitutions,  and  commands
                      executed  in  a  subshell  environment.   The  D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG and
                      R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN traps are normally not inherited in such cases.
              -\b--\b-      If no arguments follow this option, then the  positional
                      parameters are unset.  Otherwise, the positional parame-
                      ters are set to the _\ba_\br_\bgs, even if  some  of  them  begin
                      with a -\b-.
              -\b-       Signal  the  end of options, cause all remaining _\ba_\br_\bgs to
                      be assigned to the positional parameters.  The -\b-x\bx and -\b-v\bv
                      options are turned off.  If there are no _\ba_\br_\bgs, the posi-
                      tional parameters remain unchanged.

              The options are off by default unless otherwise noted.  Using  +
              rather  than  -  causes  these  options  to  be turned off.  The
              options can also be specified as arguments to an  invocation  of
              the  shell.  The current set of options may be found in $\b$-\b-.  The
              return status is always true unless an invalid option is encoun-
              tered.

       s\bsh\bhi\bif\bft\bt [_\bn]
              The  positional  parameters  from _\bn+1 ... are renamed to $\b$1\b1 .\b..\b..\b..\b.
              Parameters represented by the numbers  $\b$#\b#  down  to  $\b$#\b#-_\bn+1  are
              unset.   _\bn  must  be a non-negative number less than or equal to
              $\b$#\b#.  If _\bn is 0, no parameters are changed.  If _\bn is  not  given,
              it  is assumed to be 1.  If _\bn is greater than $\b$#\b#, the positional
              parameters are not changed.  The return status is  greater  than
              zero if _\bn is greater than $\b$#\b# or less than zero; otherwise 0.

       s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt [-\b-p\bpq\bqs\bsu\bu] [-\b-o\bo] [_\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              Toggle the values of variables controlling optional shell behav-
              ior.  With no options, or with the -\b-p\bp option, a list of all set-
              table options is displayed, with an indication of whether or not
              each is set.  The -\b-p\bp option causes output to be displayed  in  a
              form  that  may be reused as input.  Other options have the fol-
              lowing meanings:
              -\b-s\bs     Enable (set) each _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.
              -\b-u\bu     Disable (unset) each _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.
              -\b-q\bq     Suppresses normal output (quiet mode); the return  status
                     indicates whether the _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is set or unset.  If multi-
                     ple _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments are given with -\b-q\bq, the return  sta-
                     tus  is zero if all _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs are enabled; non-zero other-
                     wise.
              -\b-o\bo     Restricts the values of _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be to be those  defined  for
                     the -\b-o\bo option to the s\bse\bet\bt builtin.

              If  either  -\b-s\bs or -\b-u\bu is used with no _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be arguments, the dis-
              play is limited to those options which are set or unset, respec-
              tively.   Unless otherwise noted, the s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt options are disabled
              (unset) by default.

              The return status when listing options is zero if  all  _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be_\bs
              are  enabled,  non-zero  otherwise.   When  setting or unsetting
              options, the return status is zero unless an _\bo_\bp_\bt_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  not  a
              valid shell option.

              The list of s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt options is:

              a\bau\but\bto\boc\bcd\bd  If  set,  a command name that is the name of a directory
                      is executed as if it were the argument to  the  c\bcd\bd  com-
                      mand.  This option is only used by interactive shells.
              c\bcd\bda\bab\bbl\ble\be_\b_v\bva\bar\brs\bs
                      If  set,  an  argument to the c\bcd\bd builtin command that is
                      not a directory is assumed to be the name of a  variable
                      whose value is the directory to change to.
              c\bcd\bds\bsp\bpe\bel\bll\bl If set, minor errors in the spelling of a directory com-
                      ponent in a c\bcd\bd command will be  corrected.   The  errors
                      checked for are transposed characters, a missing charac-
                      ter, and one character too many.   If  a  correction  is
                      found,  the corrected file name is printed, and the com-
                      mand proceeds.  This option is only used by  interactive
                      shells.
              c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bkh\bha\bas\bsh\bh
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh checks that a command found in the hash ta-
                      ble exists before trying to execute  it.   If  a  hashed
                      command  no  longer exists, a normal path search is per-
                      formed.
              c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bkj\bjo\bob\bbs\bs
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh lists the status of any stopped and running
                      jobs  before  exiting an interactive shell.  If any jobs
                      are running, this causes the exit to be deferred until a
                      second  exit is attempted without an intervening command
                      (see J\bJO\bOB\bB C\bCO\bON\bNT\bTR\bRO\bOL\bL above).   The  shell  always  postpones
                      exiting if any jobs are stopped.
              c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bkw\bwi\bin\bns\bsi\biz\bze\be
                      If  set,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh checks the window size after each command
                      and, if necessary, updates the values of L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bES\bS and  C\bCO\bOL\bL-\b-
                      U\bUM\bMN\bNS\bS.
              c\bcm\bmd\bdh\bhi\bis\bst\bt If  set,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh attempts to save all lines of a multiple-
                      line command in the same  history  entry.   This  allows
                      easy re-editing of multi-line commands.
              c\bco\bom\bmp\bpa\bat\bt3\b31\b1
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh changes its behavior to that of version 3.1
                      with respect to quoted arguments to the  [\b[[\b[  conditional
                      command's =\b=~\b~ operator.
              c\bco\bom\bmp\bpa\bat\bt3\b32\b2
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh changes its behavior to that of version 3.2
                      with respect to locale-specific string  comparison  when
                      using  the  [\b[[\b[  conditional command's <\b< and >\b> operators.
                      Bash versions prior to bash-4.1 use ASCII collation  and
                      _\bs_\bt_\br_\bc_\bm_\bp(3);  bash-4.1  and later use the current locale's
                      collation sequence and _\bs_\bt_\br_\bc_\bo_\bl_\bl(3).
              c\bco\bom\bmp\bpa\bat\bt4\b40\b0
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh changes its behavior to that of version 4.0
                      with  respect  to locale-specific string comparison when
                      using the [\b[[\b[ conditional command's  <\b<  and  >\b>  operators
                      (see  previous  item)  and  the effect of interrupting a
                      command list.
              c\bco\bom\bmp\bpa\bat\bt4\b41\b1
                      @item compat41 If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh, when in posix mode,  treats
                      a single quote in a double-quoted parameter expansion as
                      a special character.  The single quotes must  match  (an
                      even  number)  and  the  characters  between  the single
                      quotes are considered quoted.  This is the  behavior  of
                      posix mode through version 4.1.  The default bash behav-
                      ior remains as in previous versions.
              d\bdi\bir\brs\bsp\bpe\bel\bll\bl
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh attempts spelling correction  on  directory
                      names  during word completion if the directory name ini-
                      tially supplied does not exist.
              d\bdo\bot\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh includes filenames beginning with a `.'  in
                      the results of pathname expansion.
              e\bex\bxe\bec\bcf\bfa\bai\bil\bl
                      If set, a non-interactive shell will not exit if it can-
                      not execute the file specified as  an  argument  to  the
                      e\bex\bxe\bec\bc  builtin  command.   An  interactive shell does not
                      exit if e\bex\bxe\bec\bc fails.
              e\bex\bxp\bpa\ban\bnd\bd_\b_a\bal\bli\bia\bas\bse\bes\bs
                      If set, aliases are expanded as  described  above  under
                      A\bAL\bLI\bIA\bAS\bSE\bES\bS.  This option is enabled by default for interac-
                      tive shells.
              e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg
                      If set,  behavior  intended  for  use  by  debuggers  is
                      enabled:
                      1\b1.\b.     The -\b-F\bF option to the d\bde\bec\bcl\bla\bar\bre\be builtin displays the
                             source file name and line number corresponding to
                             each function name supplied as an argument.
                      2\b2.\b.     If  the  command  run by the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG trap returns a
                             non-zero value, the next command is  skipped  and
                             not executed.
                      3\b3.\b.     If  the  command  run by the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG trap returns a
                             value of 2, and the shell is executing in a  sub-
                             routine  (a shell function or a shell script exe-
                             cuted by the .\b. or s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be  builtins),  a  call  to
                             r\bre\bet\btu\bur\brn\bn is simulated.
                      4\b4.\b.     B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGC\bC  and B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_A\bAR\bRG\bGV\bV are updated as described
                             in their descriptions above.
                      5\b5.\b.     Function tracing is enabled:   command  substitu-
                             tion, shell functions, and subshells invoked with
                             (\b( _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd )\b) inherit the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG and R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN traps.
                      6\b6.\b.     Error tracing is enabled:  command  substitution,
                             shell  functions,  and  subshells  invoked with (\b(
                             _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd )\b) inherit the E\bER\bRR\bR trap.
              e\bex\bxt\btg\bgl\blo\bob\bb If set, the extended pattern matching features described
                      above under P\bPa\bat\bth\bhn\bna\bam\bme\be E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn are enabled.
              e\bex\bxt\btq\bqu\buo\bot\bte\be
                      If  set,  $\b$'_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg'  and  $\b$"_\bs_\bt_\br_\bi_\bn_\bg" quoting is performed
                      within  $\b${\b{_\bp_\ba_\br_\ba_\bm_\be_\bt_\be_\br}\b}  expansions  enclosed   in   double
                      quotes.  This option is enabled by default.
              f\bfa\bai\bil\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb
                      If  set,  patterns  which fail to match filenames during
                      pathname expansion result in an expansion error.
              f\bfo\bor\brc\bce\be_\b_f\bfi\big\bgn\bno\bor\bre\be
                      If set, the suffixes  specified  by  the  F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE  shell
                      variable  cause words to be ignored when performing word
                      completion even if the ignored words are the only possi-
                      ble  completions.   See  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  V\bVA\bAR\bRI\bIA\bAB\bBL\bLE\bES\bS  above  for  a
                      description of  F\bFI\bIG\bGN\bNO\bOR\bRE\bE.   This  option  is  enabled  by
                      default.
              g\bgl\blo\bob\bbs\bst\bta\bar\br
                      If set, the pattern *\b**\b* used in a pathname expansion con-
                      text will match a files and zero or more directories and
                      subdirectories.  If the pattern is followed by a /\b/, only
                      directories and subdirectories match.
              g\bgn\bnu\bu_\b_e\ber\brr\brf\bfm\bmt\bt
                      If set, shell error messages are written in the standard
                      GNU error message format.
              h\bhi\bis\bst\bta\bap\bpp\bpe\ben\bnd\bd
                      If  set,  the history list is appended to the file named
                      by the value of the H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTF\bFI\bIL\bLE\bE  variable  when  the  shell
                      exits, rather than overwriting the file.
              h\bhi\bis\bst\btr\bre\bee\bed\bdi\bit\bt
                      If  set, and r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be is being used, a user is given the
                      opportunity to re-edit a failed history substitution.
              h\bhi\bis\bst\btv\bve\ber\bri\bif\bfy\by
                      If set, and r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be is being used, the results of  his-
                      tory  substitution  are  not  immediately  passed to the
                      shell parser.  Instead, the  resulting  line  is  loaded
                      into the r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be editing buffer, allowing further modi-
                      fication.
              h\bho\bos\bst\btc\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bte\be
                      If set, and r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be is being used, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh will attempt to
                      perform  hostname  completion when a word containing a @\b@
                      is  being  completed  (see  C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bin\bng\bg  under   R\bRE\bEA\bAD\bDL\bLI\bIN\bNE\bE
                      above).  This is enabled by default.
              h\bhu\bup\bpo\bon\bne\bex\bxi\bit\bt
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh will send S\bSI\bIG\bGH\bHU\bUP\bP to all jobs when an inter-
                      active login shell exits.
              i\bin\bnt\bte\ber\bra\bac\bct\bti\biv\bve\be_\b_c\bco\bom\bmm\bme\ben\bnt\bts\bs
                      If set, allow a word beginning with #\b# to cause that word
                      and  all remaining characters on that line to be ignored
                      in an interactive  shell  (see  C\bCO\bOM\bMM\bME\bEN\bNT\bTS\bS  above).   This
                      option is enabled by default.
              l\bla\bas\bst\btp\bpi\bip\bpe\be
                      If  set,  and  job control is not active, the shell runs
                      the last command of a pipeline not executed in the back-
                      ground in the current shell environment.
              l\bli\bit\bth\bhi\bis\bst\bt If  set,  and  the c\bcm\bmd\bdh\bhi\bis\bst\bt option is enabled, multi-line
                      commands are saved to the history with embedded newlines
                      rather than using semicolon separators where possible.
              l\blo\bog\bgi\bin\bn_\b_s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl
                      The  shell  sets this option if it is started as a login
                      shell (see I\bIN\bNV\bVO\bOC\bCA\bAT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN above).   The  value  may  not  be
                      changed.
              m\bma\bai\bil\blw\bwa\bar\brn\bn
                      If  set,  and  a file that b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is checking for mail has
                      been accessed since the last time it  was  checked,  the
                      message  ``The  mail in _\bm_\ba_\bi_\bl_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be has been read'' is dis-
                      played.
              n\bno\bo_\b_e\bem\bmp\bpt\bty\by_\b_c\bcm\bmd\bd_\b_c\bco\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn
                      If set, and  r\bre\bea\bad\bdl\bli\bin\bne\be  is  being  used,  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  will  not
                      attempt to search the P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH for possible completions when
                      completion is attempted on an empty line.
              n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\beg\bgl\blo\bob\bb
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh matches  filenames  in  a  case-insensitive
                      fashion when performing pathname expansion (see P\bPa\bat\bth\bhn\bna\bam\bme\be
                      E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn above).
              n\bno\boc\bca\bas\bse\bem\bma\bat\btc\bch\bh
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh  matches  patterns  in  a  case-insensitive
                      fashion when performing matching while executing c\bca\bas\bse\be or
                      [\b[[\b[ conditional commands.
              n\bnu\bul\bll\blg\bgl\blo\bob\bb
                      If set, b\bba\bas\bsh\bh allows patterns which match no  files  (see
                      P\bPa\bat\bth\bhn\bna\bam\bme\be  E\bEx\bxp\bpa\ban\bns\bsi\bio\bon\bn  above)  to expand to a null string,
                      rather than themselves.
              p\bpr\bro\bog\bgc\bco\bom\bmp\bp
                      If set, the programmable completion facilities (see P\bPr\bro\bo-\b-
                      g\bgr\bra\bam\bmm\bma\bab\bbl\ble\be C\bCo\bom\bmp\bpl\ble\bet\bti\bio\bon\bn above) are enabled.  This option is
                      enabled by default.
              p\bpr\bro\bom\bmp\bpt\btv\bva\bar\brs\bs
                      If set, prompt strings undergo parameter expansion, com-
                      mand   substitution,  arithmetic  expansion,  and  quote
                      removal after being expanded as described  in  P\bPR\bRO\bOM\bMP\bPT\bTI\bIN\bNG\bG
                      above.  This option is enabled by default.
              r\bre\bes\bst\btr\bri\bic\bct\bte\bed\bd_\b_s\bsh\bhe\bel\bll\bl
                      The   shell  sets  this  option  if  it  is  started  in
                      restricted mode (see R\bRE\bES\bST\bTR\bRI\bIC\bCT\bTE\bED\bD S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL below).  The value
                      may  not be changed.  This is not reset when the startup
                      files are executed, allowing the startup files  to  dis-
                      cover whether or not a shell is restricted.
              s\bsh\bhi\bif\bft\bt_\b_v\bve\ber\brb\bbo\bos\bse\be
                      If  set,  the s\bsh\bhi\bif\bft\bt builtin prints an error message when
                      the shift count exceeds the number of positional parame-
                      ters.
              s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\bep\bpa\bat\bth\bh
                      If set, the s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be (.\b.) builtin uses the value of P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH to
                      find the directory containing the file  supplied  as  an
                      argument.  This option is enabled by default.
              x\bxp\bpg\bg_\b_e\bec\bch\bho\bo
                      If   set,  the  e\bec\bch\bho\bo  builtin  expands  backslash-escape
                      sequences by default.
       s\bsu\bus\bsp\bpe\ben\bnd\bd [-\b-f\bf]
              Suspend the execution of this shell until it receives a  S\bSI\bIG\bGC\bCO\bON\bNT\bT
              signal.  A login shell cannot be suspended; the -\b-f\bf option can be
              used to override this and force the suspension.  The return sta-
              tus  is  0  unless the shell is a login shell and -\b-f\bf is not sup-
              plied, or if job control is not enabled.
       t\bte\bes\bst\bt _\be_\bx_\bp_\br
       [\b[ _\be_\bx_\bp_\br ]\b]
              Return a status of 0 or 1 depending on  the  evaluation  of  the
              conditional  expression _\be_\bx_\bp_\br.  Each operator and operand must be
              a separate argument.  Expressions are composed of the  primaries
              described  above  under  C\bCO\bON\bND\bDI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNA\bAL\bL E\bEX\bXP\bPR\bRE\bES\bSS\bSI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS.  t\bte\bes\bst\bt does not
              accept any options, nor does it accept and ignore an argument of
              -\b--\b- as signifying the end of options.

              Expressions  may  be  combined  using  the  following operators,
              listed  in  decreasing  order  of  precedence.   The  evaluation
              depends  on the number of arguments; see below.  Operator prece-
              dence is used when there are five or more arguments.
              !\b! _\be_\bx_\bp_\br True if _\be_\bx_\bp_\br is false.
              (\b( _\be_\bx_\bp_\br )\b)
                     Returns the value of _\be_\bx_\bp_\br.  This may be used to  override
                     the normal precedence of operators.
              _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 -a\ba _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2
                     True if both _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 and _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2 are true.
              _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 -o\bo _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2
                     True if either _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b1 or _\be_\bx_\bp_\br_\b2 is true.

              t\bte\bes\bst\bt and [\b[ evaluate conditional expressions using a set of rules
              based on the number of arguments.

              0 arguments
                     The expression is false.
              1 argument
                     The expression is true if and only if the argument is not
                     null.
              2 arguments
                     If the first argument is !\b!, the expression is true if and
                     only if the second argument is null.  If the first  argu-
                     ment  is  one  of  the unary conditional operators listed
                     above under C\bCO\bON\bND\bDI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNA\bAL\bL E\bEX\bXP\bPR\bRE\bES\bSS\bSI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS,  the  expression  is
                     true if the unary test is true.  If the first argument is
                     not a valid unary conditional operator, the expression is
                     false.
              3 arguments
                     The following conditions are applied in the order listed.
                     If the second argument is one of the  binary  conditional
                     operators listed above under C\bCO\bON\bND\bDI\bIT\bTI\bIO\bON\bNA\bAL\bL E\bEX\bXP\bPR\bRE\bES\bSS\bSI\bIO\bON\bNS\bS, the
                     result of the expression is the result of the binary test
                     using  the first and third arguments as operands.  The -\b-a\ba
                     and -\b-o\bo operators are  considered  binary  operators  when
                     there  are  three arguments.  If the first argument is !\b!,
                     the value is the negation of the two-argument test  using
                     the second and third arguments.  If the first argument is
                     exactly (\b( and the third argument is exactly )\b), the result
                     is  the one-argument test of the second argument.  Other-
                     wise, the expression is false.
              4 arguments
                     If the first argument is !\b!, the result is the negation of
                     the  three-argument  expression composed of the remaining
                     arguments.  Otherwise, the expression is parsed and eval-
                     uated  according  to  precedence  using  the rules listed
                     above.
              5 or more arguments
                     The expression  is  parsed  and  evaluated  according  to
                     precedence using the rules listed above.

              When  used  with  t\bte\bes\bst\bt  or [\b[, the <\b< and >\b> operators sort lexico-
              graphically using ASCII ordering.

       t\bti\bim\bme\bes\bs  Print the accumulated user and system times for  the  shell  and
              for processes run from the shell.  The return status is 0.

       t\btr\bra\bap\bp [-\b-l\blp\bp] [[_\ba_\br_\bg] _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc ...]
              The  command  _\ba_\br_\bg  is  to  be  read  and executed when the shell
              receives signal(s) _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc.  If _\ba_\br_\bg is absent (and  there  is  a
              single  _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc)  or  -\b-,  each  specified signal is reset to its
              original disposition (the value it  had  upon  entrance  to  the
              shell).   If _\ba_\br_\bg is the null string the signal specified by each
              _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is ignored by the shell and by the commands it  invokes.
              If  _\ba_\br_\bg  is  not present and -\b-p\bp has been supplied, then the trap
              commands associated with each  _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  are  displayed.   If  no
              arguments  are  supplied or if only -\b-p\bp is given, t\btr\bra\bap\bp prints the
              list of commands associated with each  signal.   The  -\b-l\bl  option
              causes  the shell to print a list of signal names and their cor-
              responding numbers.   Each  _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc  is  either  a  signal  name
              defined  in  <_\bs_\bi_\bg_\bn_\ba_\bl_\b._\bh>,  or  a signal number.  Signal names are
              case insensitive and the S\bSI\bIG\bG prefix is optional.

              If a _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is E\bEX\bXI\bIT\bT (0) the command _\ba_\br_\bg  is  executed  on  exit
              from  the shell.  If a _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG, the command _\ba_\br_\bg is exe-
              cuted before every _\bs_\bi_\bm_\bp_\bl_\be _\bc_\bo_\bm_\bm_\ba_\bn_\bd, _\bf_\bo_\br  command,  _\bc_\ba_\bs_\be  command,
              _\bs_\be_\bl_\be_\bc_\bt  command,  every  arithmetic  _\bf_\bo_\br command, and before the
              first command executes in a shell function  (see  S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL  G\bGR\bRA\bAM\bMM\bMA\bAR\bR
              above).   Refer to the description of the e\bex\bxt\btd\bde\beb\bbu\bug\bg option to the
              s\bsh\bho\bop\bpt\bt builtin for details of its effect on the D\bDE\bEB\bBU\bUG\bG trap.  If a
              _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is R\bRE\bET\bTU\bUR\bRN\bN, the command _\ba_\br_\bg is executed each time a shell
              function or a script executed with the .\b. or s\bso\bou\bur\brc\bce\be builtins fin-
              ishes executing.

              If a _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is E\bER\bRR\bR, the command _\ba_\br_\bg is executed whenever a sim-
              ple command has a non-zero exit status, subject to the following
              conditions.   The E\bER\bRR\bR trap is not executed if the failed command
              is part of the command list immediately  following  a  w\bwh\bhi\bil\ble\be  or
              u\bun\bnt\bti\bil\bl  keyword,  part  of the test in an _\bi_\bf statement, part of a
              command executed in a &\b&&\b& or |\b||\b| list, or if the command's  return
              value  is  being  inverted via !\b!.  These are the same conditions
              obeyed by the e\ber\brr\bre\bex\bxi\bit\bt option.

              Signals ignored upon entry to the shell  cannot  be  trapped  or
              reset.   Trapped signals that are not being ignored are reset to
              their original values in a subshell or subshell environment when
              one  is  created.   The return status is false if any _\bs_\bi_\bg_\bs_\bp_\be_\bc is
              invalid; otherwise t\btr\bra\bap\bp returns true.

       t\bty\byp\bpe\be [-\b-a\baf\bft\btp\bpP\bP] _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              With no options, indicate how each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be would be interpreted  if
              used as a command name.  If the -\b-t\bt option is used, t\bty\byp\bpe\be prints a
              string which is one of _\ba_\bl_\bi_\ba_\bs,  _\bk_\be_\by_\bw_\bo_\br_\bd,  _\bf_\bu_\bn_\bc_\bt_\bi_\bo_\bn,  _\bb_\bu_\bi_\bl_\bt_\bi_\bn,  or
              _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be  if  _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be  is  an  alias,  shell  reserved  word, function,
              builtin, or disk file, respectively.  If the _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is not  found,
              then  nothing  is  printed,  and  an  exit  status  of  false is
              returned.  If the -\b-p\bp option is used,  t\bty\byp\bpe\be  either  returns  the
              name of the disk file that would be executed if _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be were speci-
              fied as a command name, or nothing if ``type -t name'' would not
              return  _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be.  The -\b-P\bP option forces a P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH search for each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be,
              even if ``type -t name'' would not return _\bf_\bi_\bl_\be.  If a command is
              hashed,  -\b-p\bp  and  -\b-P\bP print the hashed value, not necessarily the
              file that appears first in P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH.  If the -\b-a\ba option is used, t\bty\byp\bpe\be
              prints  all of the places that contain an executable named _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be.
              This includes aliases and functions,  if  and  only  if  the  -\b-p\bp
              option  is  not  also used.  The table of hashed commands is not
              consulted when using -\b-a\ba.  The -\b-f\bf option suppresses  shell  func-
              tion  lookup, as with the c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd builtin.  t\bty\byp\bpe\be returns true if
              all of the arguments are found, false if any are not found.

       u\bul\bli\bim\bmi\bit\bt [-\b-H\bHS\bST\bTa\bab\bbc\bcd\bde\bef\bfi\bil\blm\bmn\bnp\bpq\bqr\brs\bst\btu\buv\bvx\bx [_\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt]]
              Provides control over the resources available to the  shell  and
              to  processes started by it, on systems that allow such control.
              The -\b-H\bH and -\b-S\bS options specify that the hard or soft limit is set
              for  the  given resource.  A hard limit cannot be increased by a
              non-root user once it is set; a soft limit may be  increased  up
              to  the value of the hard limit.  If neither -\b-H\bH nor -\b-S\bS is speci-
              fied, both the soft and hard limits are set.  The value of _\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt
              can be a number in the unit specified for the resource or one of
              the special values h\bha\bar\brd\bd, s\bso\bof\bft\bt, or u\bun\bnl\bli\bim\bmi\bit\bte\bed\bd, which stand for the
              current  hard  limit,  the  current  soft  limit,  and no limit,
              respectively.  If _\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt is omitted, the  current  value  of  the
              soft  limit  of the resource is printed, unless the -\b-H\bH option is
              given.  When more than one resource is specified, the limit name
              and unit are printed before the value.  Other options are inter-
              preted as follows:
              -\b-a\ba     All current limits are reported
              -\b-b\bb     The maximum socket buffer size
              -\b-c\bc     The maximum size of core files created
              -\b-d\bd     The maximum size of a process's data segment
              -\b-e\be     The maximum scheduling priority ("nice")
              -\b-f\bf     The maximum size of files written by the  shell  and  its
                     children
              -\b-i\bi     The maximum number of pending signals
              -\b-l\bl     The maximum size that may be locked into memory
              -\b-m\bm     The  maximum resident set size (many systems do not honor
                     this limit)
              -\b-n\bn     The maximum number of open file descriptors (most systems
                     do not allow this value to be set)
              -\b-p\bp     The pipe size in 512-byte blocks (this may not be set)
              -\b-q\bq     The maximum number of bytes in POSIX message queues
              -\b-r\br     The maximum real-time scheduling priority
              -\b-s\bs     The maximum stack size
              -\b-t\bt     The maximum amount of cpu time in seconds
              -\b-u\bu     The  maximum  number  of  processes available to a single
                     user
              -\b-v\bv     The maximum amount of virtual  memory  available  to  the
                     shell and, on some systems, to its children
              -\b-x\bx     The maximum number of file locks
              -\b-T\bT     The maximum number of threads

              If _\bl_\bi_\bm_\bi_\bt is given, it is the new value of the specified resource
              (the -\b-a\ba option is display only).  If no option is given, then -\b-f\bf
              is  assumed.  Values are in 1024-byte increments, except for -\b-t\bt,
              which is in seconds, -\b-p\bp, which is in units of  512-byte  blocks,
              and  -\b-T\bT,  -\b-b\bb, -\b-n\bn, and -\b-u\bu, which are unscaled values.  The return
              status is 0 unless an invalid option or argument is supplied, or
              an error occurs while setting a new limit.

       u\bum\bma\bas\bsk\bk [-\b-p\bp] [-\b-S\bS] [_\bm_\bo_\bd_\be]
              The user file-creation mask is set to _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be.  If _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be begins with
              a digit, it is interpreted as an octal number; otherwise  it  is
              interpreted  as a symbolic mode mask similar to that accepted by
              _\bc_\bh_\bm_\bo_\bd(1).  If _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be is omitted, the current value of the mask  is
              printed.   The  -\b-S\bS  option causes the mask to be printed in sym-
              bolic form; the default output is an octal number.   If  the  -\b-p\bp
              option is supplied, and _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be is omitted, the output is in a form
              that may be reused as input.  The return status is 0 if the mode
              was  successfully  changed  or if no _\bm_\bo_\bd_\be argument was supplied,
              and false otherwise.

       u\bun\bna\bal\bli\bia\bas\bs [-a\ba] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              Remove each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be from the list of defined  aliases.   If  -\b-a\ba  is
              supplied,  all  alias definitions are removed.  The return value
              is true unless a supplied _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is not a defined alias.

       u\bun\bns\bse\bet\bt [-f\bfv\bv] [_\bn_\ba_\bm_\be ...]
              For each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be, remove the corresponding  variable  or  function.
              If no options are supplied, or the -\b-v\bv option is given, each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be
              refers to a shell variable.   Read-only  variables  may  not  be
              unset.   If  -\b-f\bf  is specified, each _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be refers to a shell func-
              tion, and the function definition is removed.  Each unset  vari-
              able  or function is removed from the environment passed to sub-
              sequent commands.  If any of C\bCO\bOM\bMP\bP_\b_W\bWO\bOR\bRD\bDB\bBR\bRE\bEA\bAK\bKS\bS,  R\bRA\bAN\bND\bDO\bOM\bM,  S\bSE\bEC\bCO\bON\bND\bDS\bS,
              L\bLI\bIN\bNE\bEN\bNO\bO,  H\bHI\bIS\bST\bTC\bCM\bMD\bD,  F\bFU\bUN\bNC\bCN\bNA\bAM\bME\bE, G\bGR\bRO\bOU\bUP\bPS\bS, or D\bDI\bIR\bRS\bST\bTA\bAC\bCK\bK are unset, they
              lose their special properties, even  if  they  are  subsequently
              reset.  The exit status is true unless a _\bn_\ba_\bm_\be is readonly.

       w\bwa\bai\bit\bt [_\bn _\b._\b._\b.]
              Wait  for each specified process and return its termination sta-
              tus.  Each _\bn may be a process ID or a job  specification;  if  a
              job  spec  is  given,  all  processes in that job's pipeline are
              waited for.  If _\bn is not given, all currently active child  pro-
              cesses  are  waited  for,  and  the return status is zero.  If _\bn
              specifies a non-existent process or job, the  return  status  is
              127.   Otherwise,  the  return  status is the exit status of the
              last process or job waited for.

R\bRE\bES\bST\bTR\bRI\bIC\bCT\bTE\bED\bD S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL
       If b\bba\bas\bsh\bh is started with the name r\brb\bba\bas\bsh\bh, or the -\b-r\br option is supplied at
       invocation,  the  shell becomes restricted.  A restricted shell is used
       to set up an environment more controlled than the standard  shell.   It
       behaves  identically  to b\bba\bas\bsh\bh with the exception that the following are
       disallowed or not performed:

       +\bo      changing directories with c\bcd\bd

       +\bo      setting or unsetting the values of S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bL, P\bPA\bAT\bTH\bH, E\bEN\bNV\bV, or B\bBA\bAS\bSH\bH_\b_E\bEN\bNV\bV

       +\bo      specifying command names containing /\b/

       +\bo      specifying  a  file  name containing a /\b/ as an argument to the .\b.
              builtin command

       +\bo      specifying a filename containing a slash as an argument  to  the
              -\b-p\bp option to the h\bha\bas\bsh\bh builtin command

       +\bo      importing  function  definitions  from  the shell environment at
              startup

       +\bo      parsing the value of S\bSH\bHE\bEL\bLL\bLO\bOP\bPT\bTS\bS from  the  shell  environment  at
              startup

       +\bo      redirecting output using the >, >|, <>, >&, &>, and >> redirect-
              ion operators

       +\bo      using the e\bex\bxe\bec\bc builtin command to replace the shell with another
              command

       +\bo      adding  or  deleting builtin commands with the -\b-f\bf and -\b-d\bd options
              to the e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\be builtin command

       +\bo      using the  e\ben\bna\bab\bbl\ble\be  builtin  command  to  enable  disabled  shell
              builtins

       +\bo      specifying the -\b-p\bp option to the c\bco\bom\bmm\bma\ban\bnd\bd builtin command

       +\bo      turning off restricted mode with s\bse\bet\bt +\b+r\br or s\bse\bet\bt +\b+o\bo r\bre\bes\bst\btr\bri\bic\bct\bte\bed\bd.

       These restrictions are enforced after any startup files are read.

       When a command that is found to be a shell script is executed (see C\bCO\bOM\bM-\b-
       M\bMA\bAN\bND\bD E\bEX\bXE\bEC\bCU\bUT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN above), r\brb\bba\bas\bsh\bh turns off any restrictions  in  the  shell
       spawned to execute the script.

S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
       _\bB_\ba_\bs_\bh _\bR_\be_\bf_\be_\br_\be_\bn_\bc_\be _\bM_\ba_\bn_\bu_\ba_\bl, Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
       _\bT_\bh_\be _\bG_\bn_\bu _\bR_\be_\ba_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be _\bL_\bi_\bb_\br_\ba_\br_\by, Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
       _\bT_\bh_\be _\bG_\bn_\bu _\bH_\bi_\bs_\bt_\bo_\br_\by _\bL_\bi_\bb_\br_\ba_\br_\by, Brian Fox and Chet Ramey
       _\bP_\bo_\br_\bt_\ba_\bb_\bl_\be  _\bO_\bp_\be_\br_\ba_\bt_\bi_\bn_\bg  _\bS_\by_\bs_\bt_\be_\bm  _\bI_\bn_\bt_\be_\br_\bf_\ba_\bc_\be _\b(_\bP_\bO_\bS_\bI_\bX_\b) _\bP_\ba_\br_\bt _\b2_\b: _\bS_\bh_\be_\bl_\bl _\ba_\bn_\bd _\bU_\bt_\bi_\bl_\bi_\b-
       _\bt_\bi_\be_\bs, IEEE
       _\bs_\bh(1), _\bk_\bs_\bh(1), _\bc_\bs_\bh(1)
       _\be_\bm_\ba_\bc_\bs(1), _\bv_\bi(1)
       _\br_\be_\ba_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be(3)

F\bFI\bIL\bLE\bES\bS
       _\b/_\bb_\bi_\bn_\b/_\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh
              The b\bba\bas\bsh\bh executable
       _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              The systemwide initialization file, executed for login shells
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bp_\br_\bo_\bf_\bi_\bl_\be
              The personal initialization file, executed for login shells
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\br_\bc
              The individual per-interactive-shell startup file
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b__\bl_\bo_\bg_\bo_\bu_\bt
              The  individual  login shell cleanup file, executed when a login
              shell exits
       _\b~_\b/_\b._\bi_\bn_\bp_\bu_\bt_\br_\bc
              Individual _\br_\be_\ba_\bd_\bl_\bi_\bn_\be initialization file

A\bAU\bUT\bTH\bHO\bOR\bRS\bS
       Brian Fox, Free Software Foundation
       bfox@gnu.org

       Chet Ramey, Case Western Reserve University
       chet.ramey@case.edu

B\bBU\bUG\bG R\bRE\bEP\bPO\bOR\bRT\bTS\bS
       If you find a bug in b\bba\bas\bsh\bh,\b, you should report it.  But first, you should
       make  sure  that  it really is a bug, and that it appears in the latest
       version  of  b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.   The  latest  version  is  always  available   from
       _\bf_\bt_\bp_\b:_\b/_\b/_\bf_\bt_\bp_\b._\bg_\bn_\bu_\b._\bo_\br_\bg_\b/_\bp_\bu_\bb_\b/_\bg_\bn_\bu_\b/_\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b/.

       Once  you  have  determined that a bug actually exists, use the _\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\bb_\bu_\bg
       command to submit a bug report.  If you have a fix, you are  encouraged
       to  mail that as well!  Suggestions and `philosophical' bug reports may
       be mailed  to  _\bb_\bu_\bg_\b-_\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\b@_\bg_\bn_\bu_\b._\bo_\br_\bg  or  posted  to  the  Usenet  newsgroup
       g\bgn\bnu\bu.\b.b\bba\bas\bsh\bh.\b.b\bbu\bug\bg.

       ALL bug reports should include:

       The version number of b\bba\bas\bsh\bh
       The hardware and operating system
       The compiler used to compile
       A description of the bug behaviour
       A short script or `recipe' which exercises the bug

       _\bb_\ba_\bs_\bh_\bb_\bu_\bg  inserts  the first three items automatically into the template
       it provides for filing a bug report.

       Comments and bug reports concerning this manual page should be directed
       to _\bc_\bh_\be_\bt_\b@_\bp_\bo_\b._\bc_\bw_\br_\bu_\b._\be_\bd_\bu.

B\bBU\bUG\bGS\bS
       It's too big and too slow.

       There are some subtle differences between b\bba\bas\bsh\bh and traditional versions
       of s\bsh\bh, mostly because of the P\bPO\bOS\bSI\bIX\bX specification.

       Aliases are confusing in some uses.

       Shell builtin commands and functions are not stoppable/restartable.

       Compound commands and command sequences of the form `a ; b ; c' are not
       handled  gracefully  when  process  suspension  is  attempted.   When a
       process is stopped, the shell immediately executes the next command  in
       the  sequence.   It  suffices to place the sequence of commands between
       parentheses to force it into a subshell, which  may  be  stopped  as  a
       unit.

       Array variables may not (yet) be exported.

       There may be only one active coprocess at a time.



GNU Bash-4.2                   2010 December 28                        BASH(1)