1This collection of scripts was originally written for older versions 2of bash by Noah Friedman (friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu). The conversion 3to bash v2 syntax was done by Chet Ramey. 4 5These scripts are as-is; there is no copyright associated with 6any of them. They exist simply as examples of bash scripting. 7 8Here's a description of what's in this directory: 9 10aref.bash Pseudo-arrays and substring indexing examples. 11bash.sub.bash Library functions used by require.bash. 12bash_version.bash A function to slice up $BASH_VERSION. 13meta.bash Enable and disable eight-bit readline input. 14mktmp.bash Make a temporary file with a unique name. 15number.bash A fun hack to translate numerals into English. 16PERMISSION Permissions to use the scripts in this directory. 17prompt.bash A way to set PS1 to some predefined strings. 18README README 19remap_keys.bash A front end to 'bind' to redo readline bindings. 20require.bash Lisp-like require/provide library functions for bash. 21send_mail.bash Replacement SMTP client written in bash. 22shcat.bash Bash replacement for 'cat(1)'. 23source.bash Replacement for source that uses current directory. 24string.bash The string(3) functions at the shell level. 25stty.bash Front-end to stty(1) that changes readline bindings too. 26y_or_n_p.bash Prompt for a yes/no/quit answer. 27