Andrew - not the same binary... $ ls -i /bin/{,ba}sh 25299 /bin/bash 25300 /bin/sh $ sum !$ sum /bin/{,ba}sh 1049 1316 /bin/sh 22810 1315 /bin/bash On 26/09/14 11:59 PM, Andrew McN wrote:
I'm not surprised that Macs have bash installed, but is /bin/sh equal to bash, or is it something else?
Andrew McNaughton
and even different sizes $ ls -l !$ ls -l /bin/{,ba}sh -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1346544 15 Feb 2010 /bin/bash -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 1346624 15 Feb 2010 /bin/sh but $ /bin/sh --version GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. $ /bin/bash --version GNU bash, version 3.2.48(1)-release (x86_64-apple-darwin10.0) Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. cheers, Douglas