1 This is Debian GNU/Linux's prepackaged version of the FSF's GNU Bash,
2 the Bourne Again SHell.
4 This package was put together by Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>, from
7 bash: ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu/bash/bash-2.05b.tar.gz
8 bash_completion: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bashcompletion/
9 bashdb: http://bashdb.sf.net/
10 (CVS snapshot taken 20030908)
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