GNU Bash

Summary

GNU Bash is a GNU package^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of gnu_package entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,262 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• GNU Bash is the creator of Brian Fox^[3].
• GNU Bash's image is recorded as Bash screenshot.png^[4].
• GNU Bash's image is recorded as Command line.png^[5].
• GNU Bash's instance of is recorded as GNU package^[6].
• GNU Bash's instance of is recorded as Unix shell^[7].
• GNU Bash's instance of is recorded as command-line interpreter^[8].
• GNU Bash's instance of is recorded as programming language^[9].
• GNU Bash's instance of is recorded as free software^[10].
• GNU Bash's maintained by is recorded as Chet Ramey^[11].
• GNU Bash's movement is recorded as free software movement^[12].
• Bourne shell is named after GNU Bash^[13].
• Bourne shell is named after GNU Bash^[14].
• born again is named after GNU Bash^[15].
• GNU Bash's based on is recorded as Bourne shell^[16].
• GNU Bash's logo image is recorded as Gnu-bash-logo.svg^[17].
• GNU Bash's developer is recorded as GNU Project^[18].
• GNU Bash's developer is recorded as Chet Ramey^[19].
• GNU Bash's GND ID is recorded as 4492523-2^[20].
• GNU Bash's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 125416570^[21].
• GNU Bash's IdRef ID is recorded as 034688234^[22].
• GNU Bash's copyright license is recorded as Q27016754^[23].
• GNU Bash's programmed in is recorded as Q15777^[24].
• GNU Bash's operating system is recorded as Q3251801^[25].
• GNU Bash's operating system is recorded as BSD^[26].
• GNU Bash's operating system is recorded as macOS^[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

GNU Bash is the creator of Brian Fox^[3].

Publication

GNU Bash's language of work or name is recorded as English^[28]. Its part of is recorded as GNU Project^[29].

Subject and Themes

GNU Bash's movement is recorded as free software movement^[12].

Cultural Impact

Things named for GNU Bash include Shellshock^[30], a vulnerability^[31].

Why It Matters

GNU Bash ranks in the top 3% of gnu_package entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,262 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Shellshock^[30], a vulnerability^[31].