Command-line tool

bash

brew/bash

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Bourne-Again SHell, a UNIX command interpreter

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/xcas

macOS

brew install bash

Linux

brew install bash

Start an interactive shell session

bash

Start an interactive shell session without loading startup configs

bash --norc

Execute specific [c]ommands

bash -c "echo 'bash is executed'"

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