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What is the difference between bash and sh?

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I see two types of code being used: and: I searched for this online and opinions vary a lot. The explanations I saw on most websites say that is older than , and that there is no real difference. Does someone know the difference between these? Can you give me a practical example when to use one ove…

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#!/usr/bin/sh

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is a superset of ie. everything you can do in you can do in . Bash has more features (branching, builtins, arrays) making script easier to write. Some later *nix'es have as a link to For a full explanation of what here's a tutorial

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