[aidos]

Ahhhh..haaa...ha....DOH! I've never even thought of looking at the manpage for bash before. Thanks, you've just made my life better.

[jerf]

I try to read it about once a year. I always find something new before my eyes glaze over and I'm done until next year.

[david-given]

If you're interested in stock Posix shell rather than bashish, the dash man page is a whole lot shorter and easier to follow, makes a great concise reference.

[juliangregorian]

Nitpick: should read "POSIX-compliant shell", there isn't a "stock POSIX shell"

[omaranto]

That's weird, isn't it? You wanted to know how to use a feature of bash and didn't check the manual?

[vertex-four]

Do you expect `man python` to output the full reference for the Python programming language?

[dfox]

I would, especially considering that "The Python Language Reference" is probably shorter than bash's manpage.

[wtbob]

I wish that it did. The man pages really are supposed to be the manual.

[icebraining]

I agree, though it does tell you where to look for it.