--- title: What’s the Difference Between sh and Bash? | daily.dev description: Learn about the differences between sh and Bash, the features they offer, and which shell to use. canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-the-difference-between-sh-and-bash--kzyoktud8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What’s the Difference Between sh and Bash? | daily.dev og:description: Learn about the differences between sh and Bash, the features they offer, and which shell to use. og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-the-difference-between-sh-and-bash--kzyoktud8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/kzYoKTUd8.png og:image:alt: What’s the Difference Between sh and Bash? 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. # What’s the Difference Between sh and Bash? **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 5 min read · 96 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Learn about the differences between sh and Bash, the features they offer, and which shell to use. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 12 upvotes > This feels like it was AI ginned up. > Your shell is stored in $SHELL > > Much of the article didn't discuss the actual differences. > - Arrays > - Associative arrays > - Brace expansion > - Double brackets > - Process substitution > - Globbing > - Regex > - Bash will make itself /bin/sh compliant (posix) when invoked as `sh` **@chrollorifat** · 1 upvotes > i am tired of these AI written slops! **@zx8086** · 0 upvotes > Or just learn how to code, you will be better for it ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open 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