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# Awesome Bash [](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)
> A curated list of delightful Bash scripts and resources.
*Inspired by the [awesome ](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome ) list thing.*
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In addition of this list, you should read the list [awesome-shell ](https://github.com/alebcay/awesome-shell ). It is a curated list of awesome command-line frameworks, toolkits, guides and gizmos. You may also want to check [awesome-zsh ](https://github.com/unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins ) or [awesome-fish ](https://github.com/bucaran/awesome-fish ). If you are looking for more lists, check [awesome-link ](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome ).
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## Books and Resources
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- [The Bash-Hackers Wiki ](http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/doku.php ) - Human-readable documentation of any kind about GNU Bash
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- [Bash beginner's mistakes ](http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/scripting/newbie_traps ) (by the Bash-Hackers Wiki)
- [Bash Guide ](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashGuide ) - A bash guide for beginners. (by Lhunath)
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- [Bash FAQ ](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashFAQ ) - Answers most of your questions (by Lhunath)
- [Bash Pitfalls ](http://mywiki.wooledge.org/BashPitfalls ) - Lists the common pitfalls beginners fall into, and how to avoid them
- [Bash manual ](http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/ ) - Bourne-Again SHell manual
- [Bash FAQ ](http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/FAQ ) (by [Chet Ramey ](http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/ ))
- [Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide ](http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ ) - An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting
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- [Bash Guide for Beginners ](http://www.tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/ ) (by Machtelt Garrels)
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- [Bash Programming - Intro/How-to ](http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html#toc )
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- [The Command Line Crash Course ](http://learncodethehardway.org/cli/book/ ) - A crash course for some common unix and shell commands
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- [bash-handbook ](https://github.com/denysdovhan/bash-handbook ) - A handbook for those who want to learn Bash without diving in too deeply
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- [Google's Shell Style Guide ](https://google.github.io/styleguide/shell.xml ) - Reasonable advice about code style
- [Sobell's Book ](http://www.sobell.com/CR3/index.html ) - A practical guide to commands, editors, and shell programming
- [WikiBooks: Bash Shell Scripting ](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Bash_Shell_Scripting )
- [Use the Unofficial Bash Strict Mode (Unless You Looove Debugging) ](http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/ )
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- [learnyoubash ](https://github.com/denysdovhan/learnyoubash ) - An interactive workshopper which will learn you how to use the terminal and write your the first Bash script.
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## Command-Line Productivity
*Search, bookmarks, multiplexing, and other tools that make your terminal experience more productive.*
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- [aliases ](https://github.com/sebglazebrook/aliases ) - Contextual, dynamic, organized aliases for the bash shell
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- [bashmarks ](https://github.com/huyng/bashmarks ) - Directory bookmarks for the shell
- [commacd ](https://github.com/shyiko/commacd ) - A faster way to move around in Bash
- [hstr ](https://github.com/dvorka/hstr ) - Bash History Suggest Box
- [qfc ](https://github.com/pindexis/qfc ) - File-completion widget for Bash and Zsh
- [sshrc ](https://github.com/Russell91/sshrc ) - Bring your .bashrc, .vimrc, etc. with you when you SSH
## Customization
*Custom prompts, color themes, etc.*
- [bash-git-prompt ](https://github.com/magicmonty/bash-git-prompt ) - An informative and fancy Bash prompt for Git users
- [bash-powerline ](https://github.com/riobard/bash-powerline ) - Powerline-style Bash prompt in pure Bash script
- [bashstrap ](https://github.com/barryclark/bashstrap ) - A quick way to spruce up OSX terminal
- [git-prompt ](https://github.com/lvv/git-prompt ) - Bash prompt with Git, SVN and HG modules
- [gittify ](https://github.com/momeni/gittify ) - A colorful Bash prompt + customized Git aliases
- [liquidprompt ](https://github.com/nojhan/liquidprompt ) - A full-featured & carefully designed adaptive prompt for Bash & Zsh
- [mysql-colorize ](https://github.com/horosgrisa/mysql-colorize.bash ) - Colorization for mysql comand-line client
- [oh-my-git ](https://github.com/arialdomartini/oh-my-git ) - An opinionated git prompt for bash and zsh
- [sexy-bash-prompt ](https://github.com/twolfson/sexy-bash-prompt ) - Bash prompt with colors, Git statuses, and Git branches
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- [bash-sensible ](https://github.com/mrzool/bash-sensible ) - An attempt at saner Bash defaults
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## Data
- [BigBash ](https://github.com/zalando/bigbash ) - Open-source converter that generates a bash one-liner from an SQL Select query, no database necessary
*Tools for working with data.*
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## For Developers
*Command-line development, version control, and deployment.*
- [bocker ](https://github.com/p8952/bocker ) - Docker implemented in 100 lines of bash
- [git-sh ](https://github.com/rtomayko/git-sh ) - A customized Bash environment suitable for Git work
## Downloading and Serving
*Self-hosted, lightweight servers and networking tools written in shell scripts.*
- [balls ](https://github.com/jneen/balls ) - Bash on Balls
- [bashttpd ](https://github.com/avleen/bashttpd ) - A web server written in Bash
- [Dropbox-Uploader ](https://github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader ) - Dropbox Uploader is a Bash script which can be used to upload, download, list or delete files from Dropbox
- [ngincat ](https://github.com/jaburns/ngincat ) - Tiny Bash HTTP server using netcat
## Applications
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*Command line-based applications or command line access to existing services.*
- [bashblog ](https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog ) - A Bash script that handles blog posting
- [pushbullet-bash ](https://github.com/Red5d/pushbullet-bash ) - Bash interface to the PushBullet API
## Games
*All work and no play is a cruddy way to spend your day.*
- [bash2048 ](https://github.com/mydzor/bash2048 ) - Bash implementation of 2048 game
- [minesweeper ](https://github.com/feherke/Bash-script/tree/master/minesweeper ) - Bash implementation of minesweeper
## Website
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- [Bash One-Liners ](http://www.bashoneliners.com/ ) - A collection of practical or just pure awesome bash one-liners ([repos](https://github.com/janosgyerik/bashoneliners) by @[janosgyerik](https://github.com/janosgyerik))
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## Shell Package Management
*Tools for managing multiple shell configurations.*
- [bash-it ](https://github.com/Bash-it/bash-it ) - A community Bash framework
- [basher ](https://github.com/basherpm/basher ) - A package manager for shell scripts
- [homeshick ](https://github.com/andsens/homeshick ) - Git dotfile synchronizer written in Bash
## Shell Script Development
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*Tools for writing, improving, or organizing Bash or other shell scripts*
- [ansi ](https://github.com/fidian/ansi ) - ANSI escape codes in pure bash - change text color, position the cursor, much more
- [assert.sh ](https://github.com/lehmannro/assert.sh ) - Bash unit testing framework
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- [bash3boilerplate ](https://github.com/kvz/bash3boilerplate ) - Templates to write better Bash scripts
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- [bashful ](https://github.com/jmcantrell/bashful ) - A collection of libraries to simplify writing Bash scripts
- [bashmanager ](https://github.com/lingtalfi/bashmanager ) - mini bash framework for creating command line tools
- [bats ](https://github.com/sstephenson/bats ) - Bash Automated Testing System
- [mo ](https://github.com/tests-always-included/mo ) - Mustache templates in pure bash
- [semver_bash ](https://github.com/cloudflare/semver_bash ) - Semantic Versioning in Bash
- [shunit2 ](https://github.com/kward/shunit2 ) - A unit test framework for Bash scripts with a flavour of JUnit/PyUnit
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## Community
- [Stack Overflow ](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bash ) - Bash tag on Stack Overflow
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- [/r/Bash ](https://www.reddit.com/r/bash ) - A subreddit dedicated to bash scripting
- [/r/CommandLine ](https://www.reddit.com/r/commandline ) - for anything regarding the command line, in any operating system
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- [#bash ](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=bash ) - IRC channel on freenode. The main contributors of the BashGuide, BashFAQ, BashPitfalls and ShellCheck hang around there
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# Other Awesome Lists
Other amazingly awesome lists can be found in [awesome-awesome ](https://github.com/emijrp/awesome-awesome ) and [awesome-awesomeness ](https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness ).
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## Contribute
Contributions welcome! Read the [contribution guidelines ](contributing.md ) first.
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