A Bash upgrade on Mac OS X

Mac OS X offers one of the most advanced user experiences, a modern operating system can offer. It’s user interface is unique, beautiful designed and very intuitive. But above all Mac OS X is a strong and hundred percent POSIX-compliant UNIX. Not everyone knows about this affinity, but you can believe me: nothing beats the power of a Unix command line. OS X provides a terminal just like Linux does, and no limits are set. To unfold it’s might, all you have to do is open your utilities folder and start Terminal.app. There are numerous shells around, Mac OS X takes advantage of one of the most popular shells out there: Bash. Sad but true, Snow Leopard does not come with a recent version. With simplicity and some great tools we will change that.

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