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{{Short description |GNU replacement for the Bourne shell}}
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With the {{code| source}}, or synonymous {{code| .}} command, Bash reads and executes shell commands from aany text file by name.<ref>
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| publisher = [[Free Software Foundation, Inc.]]
| title = 4.1 Bourne Shell Builtins
| url = https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/Bourne-Shell-Builtins.html
| website = gnu.org
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=== Login and non-login shells <span class="anchor" id="Login and non-login shells"></span><span class="anchor" id="Login shells"></span><span class="anchor" id="Non-login shells"></span> ===
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| publisher = [[GNU Project]]
| title = Bash Reference Manual: 4.3.1: The Set Builtin
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| ITERATION: Sometimes programs are repeated indefinitely or until a specific outcome is reached. Each execution of the instructions is an “iteration"iteration."<ref>
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