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The preference for bash over any other POSIX shell stems to a great extent from its extensions that enhance interactive programming. The extended options to the read built-in command (which were described in Chapter 9), combined with the history and readline libraries, add functionality that no other shell can match.
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Johnson, C.F.A., Varma, J. (2015). Entry-Level Programming. In: Pro Bash Programming. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0121-3_15
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