--- title: Bash Shell Cheat Sheet | daily.dev description: Bash is a command language interpreter: a version of the classic Unix shell with many enhancements. Bash is the default shell installed on GNU/Linux... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Bash Shell Cheat Sheet | daily.dev og:description: Bash is a command language interpreter: a version of the classic Unix shell with many enhancements. Bash is the default shell installed on GNU/Linux... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iRZSQ23re.png og:image:alt: Bash Shell Cheat Sheet og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Bash Shell Cheat Sheet **[Red Hat Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev)** · 1 min read · 12 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Bash is a command language interpreter: a version of the classic Unix shell with many enhancements. Bash is the default shell installed on GNU/Linux distributions and many other Unix-style systems, such as macOS. In this cheat sheet you will learn how to: Create Bash scripts. Manipulate strings. Create credentials. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#bash](https://daily.dev/tags/bash), [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#shell](https://daily.dev/tags/shell) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Bash Shell Cheat Sheet","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re"},"datePublished":"2021-07-26T16:10:22.131Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:05:11.142Z","description":"Bash is a command language interpreter: a version of the classic Unix shell with many enhancements. Bash is the default shell installed on GNU/Linux...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/928f48de96229d9761124a5b8ffd3919","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/928f48de96229d9761124a5b8ffd3919","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Red Hat Developer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Red Hat Developer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/2a8895f3216c4900bdc455585a4ad3e4","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/bash-shell-cheat-sheet-irzsq23re","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":12},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"bash,general-programming,shell","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Red Hat Developer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rhdev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Bash Shell Cheat Sheet"}]} ```