IT lexicon Programming Bash

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The dominant Linux shell — the language for terminal scripts and CI pipelines.

Default on most Linux distros since the 90s. macOS switched the default to zsh in 2019. Bash scripts are the classic glue in CI/CD, sysadmin, container init. Cryptic but incredibly compact.

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