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Bash

beginner

Your terminal's native tongue. Learn it and become one with the shell.

Bash (Bourne Again Shell) is the command interpreter on most Linux systems and macOS. It's a programming language that runs directly in your terminal. Automate repetitive tasks, write deployment scripts, glue other programs together — Bash is the universal duct tape of computing.

Shell ScriptingSystem AdministrationCI/CD PipelinesTask AutomationDevOps

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Setup

Bash is already on your system if you're on Linux or macOS. Windows users can get it via WSL2 or Git Bash.

Bash

# Option 1: WSL2 (recommended — real Linux environment)
wsl --install          # install WSL2 + Ubuntu
wsl                    # start a Linux shell

# Option 2: Git Bash (lightweight, comes with Git)
# Download Git from git-scm.com — includes Git Bash

# Check which shell:
echo $BASH_VERSION

# Windows Terminal is a great terminal emulator:
winget install Microsoft.WindowsTerminal