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switchsh(1) General Commands Manual switchsh(1)

switchsh - wrapper bind-mount'ing bash as /bin/sh

switchsh command [args ...]

switchsh executes the given command bind-mounting bash as /bin/sh. This permits the usage of bashisms by the command or its children while having /bin/sh linked to whatever shell interpreter is linked.

This manual page was written by Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

May 2008