switchsh(1)

switchsh1

Wrapper bind-mount'ing bash as /bin/sh

Usage

switchsh command [args ...]

Overview

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.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 6.0–8
  2. 9–13

Author

switchsh, written by Marco d'Itri, available in the public domain.

This manual page was written by Raphael Geissert <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

From switchsh 0~20070801-5 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.