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Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Rutger EW van Beusekom@*
Copyright @copyright{} 2018 Jan (janneke) Nieuwenhuizen@*

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
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@dircategory Basics
@direntry
* Gash: (gash).       Guile As SHell.
* gash: (gash)Invoking gash.       Running Gash, a minimalist Bash lookalike.
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@title Gash Reference Manual
@subtitle A POSIX-compliant sh replacement in Guile Scheme.
@author The Gash developers

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@node Top
@top Gash

This document describes Gash version @value{VERSION}, a
POSIX-compliant sh replacement in Guile Scheme.

@menu
* Introduction::                What is Gash about?
* GNU Free Documentation License::  The license of this manual.
* Concept Index::               Concepts.
* Programming Index::           Data types, functions, and variables.

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 --- The Detailed Node Listing ---

Introduction

* Invoking Gash::

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@node Introduction
@chapter Introduction

@menu
* Invoking Gash::
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@node Invoking Gash
@section Invoking Gash

@cindex repl
The @command{gash} command is the sh interpreter.

@example
gash @var{option}@dots{} @file{FILE}
@end example

The @var{option}s can be among the following:

@table @code

@item -c @var{string}
By default, Gash will read a file named on the command line as a script.

@item -h@r{, }--help
Display help on invoking Gash, and then exit.

@item -v@r{, }--version
Display the current version of Gash, and then exit.

@end table

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@node GNU Free Documentation License
@appendix GNU Free Documentation License
@cindex license, GNU Free Documentation License
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@node Concept Index
@unnumbered Concept Index
@printindex cp

@node Programming Index
@unnumbered Programming Index
@syncodeindex tp fn
@syncodeindex vr fn
@printindex fn

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