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Old 04-09-2011
In the GNU/Linux realm, GNU BASH is the defacto standard.

If at some point you begin to care about writing scripts that are portable across different posix-like sh implementations, then you'll need to study the posix standard's sh documentation, look at potential target environments and see what they support, etc. It's something you'll pick up with time and necessity.

If you're just starting out with shell scripting, I recommend that you not concern yourself with portability. If Linux is your chosen platform, learn to use BASH well. It'll serve you best. Besides, the vast majority of what you'll learn is posix-compatible syntax and features anyway.

Regards,
Alister
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Old 04-09-2011
Whoa! I was merely suggesting that <<because bash is the default>> you don't have to use it.

Perhaps "portable" instead of "standard" would have been a better choice of word?

It seems I dug myself into a hole here... Smilie
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