BASH(1)

NAME
bash-minimal - A bash version configured with minimal features

SYNOPSIS
bash [options] ... [file]

DESCRIPTION
bash-minimal is configured using --enable-minimal-config, which produces a shell with minimal features, close to the historical Bourne shell. This means:

•   No alias expansion and the `alias' and `unalias' builtins.

•   No support for the alternate form of the `for' command that behaves like the C language `for' statement.

•   No support for one-dimensional array shell variables.

•   No support for `csh'-like history substitution.

•   No `csh'-like brace expansion ( `b{a,b}c' ==> `bac bbc' ).

•   No support for recognizing `time' as a reserved word and for displaying timing statistics for the pipeline following `time'. This allows pipelines as well as shell builtins and functions to be timed.

•   No support for the `[[' conditional command.

•   No support for a `csh'-like directory stack and the `pushd', `popd', and `dirs' builtins

•   No support for the `((...))' command.

•   No support for the extended pattern matching features.

•   No `help' builtin, which displays help on shell builtins and variables.

•   No command history and the `fc' and `history' builtin commands.

•   No job control features.

•   No special handling of filenames of the form `/dev/tcp/HOST/PORT' and `/dev/udp/HOST/PORT' when used in redirections.

•   No process substitution.

•   No interpretation of a number of backslash-escaped characters in the `$PS1', `$PS2', `$PS3', and `$PS4' prompt strings.

•   No programmable completion facilities.

•   No support for command-line editing and history with the Bash version of the Readline library.

•   No support for a "restricted shell". If this is enabled, Bash, when called as `rbash', enters a restricted mode.

•   No `select' builtin, which allows the generation of simple menus.

SEE ALSO
bash(1)