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/usr/bin/dash

Small and fast POSIX-compliant shell

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Options (32)
OptionDescriptionSource
-a allexportExport all variables assigned to.man
-cRead commands from the command_string operand instead of from the standard input.man
-C noclobberDon't overwrite existing files with “>”.man
-e errexitIf not interactive, exit immediately if any untested command fails.man
-f noglobDisable pathname expansion.man
-n noexecIf not interactive, read commands but do not execute them.man
-u nounsetWrite a message to standard error when attempting to expand a variable that is not set, and if the shell is not interactive, exit immediately.man
-v verboseThe shell writes its input to standard error as it is read.man
-x xtraceWrite each command to standard error (preceded by a ‘+ ’) before it is executed.man
-I ignoreeofIgnore EOF's from input when interactive.man
-i interactiveForce the shell to behave interactively.man
-lMake dash act as if it had been invoked as a login shell.man
-m monitorTurn on job control (set automatically when interactive).man
-s stdinRead commands from standard input (set automatically if no file arguments are present).man
-V viEnable the built-in vi(1) command line editor (disables -E if it has been set).man
-E emacsEnable the built-in emacs(1) command line editor (disables -V if it has been set).man
-b notifyEnable asynchronous notification of background job completion.man
-psearch for command using a PATH that guarantees to find all the standard utilities.man
-rReverse the order of the commands listed (with -l) or edited (with neither -l nor -s).man
-numberA negative decimal number representing the command that was executed number of commands previously.man
-d fileTrue if file exists and is a directory.man
-g fileTrue if file exists and its set group ID flag is set.man
-h fileTrue if file exists and is a symbolic link.man
-k fileTrue if file exists and its sticky bit is set.man
-t file_descriptorTrue if the file whose file descriptor number is file_descriptor is open and is associated with a terminal.man
-w fileTrue if file exists and is writable.man
-z stringTrue if the length of string is zero.man
-L fileTrue if file exists and is a symbolic link.man
-O fileTrue if file exists and its owner matches the effective user id of this process.man
-G fileTrue if file exists and its group matches the effective group id of this process.man
-S fileTrue if file exists and is a socket.man
-Hset or inquire about hard limitsman

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