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Problem

How to use the sh command: Bourne shell, the standard command language interpreter. See also: !, ^. More information: <https://manned.org/sh>.

Solution

sh — Bourne shell, the standard command language interpreter. See also: !, ^. More information: <https://manned.org/sh>.

Start an interactive shell session:

sh

Execute a command and then exit:

sh -c "{{command}}"

Execute a script:

sh {{path/to/script.sh}}

Read and execute commands from stdin:

sh -s

Code Snippets

Start an interactive shell session

sh

Execute a command and then exit

sh -c "{{command}}"

Execute a script

sh {{path/to/script.sh}}

Read and execute commands from `stdin`

sh -s

Context

tldr-pages: common/sh

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