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3 good reasons to replace Bash with Zsh

Bash does provide shell completions, but the selection process is stubborn, often requiring me to press the tab key 10 to 15 ...
Macworld

Limit the bash shell’s prompt length

When you use Terminal in 10.3 and 10.4, you’re probably using the bash shell—it’s the default, unless you’re using an upgrade install that was previously using tcsh. If you’re not familiar with what a ...
Network World

Bash: A primer for more effective use of the Linux bash shell

While Linux systems install with thousands of commands, bash also supplies a large number of “built-ins”—commands that are not sitting in the file system as separate files, but are part of bash itself ...
Hackaday

Preview Markdown In The Terminal With Bash

Markdown has become an extremely popular way to document source code and other projects, thanks in no small part to how well web-based services like GitHub render it. Just sprinkle a few extra ...