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The '''[[wp:Bourne Shell|Bourne Shell]]''' is a [[Unix]] shell upon which many shells are based; notably the [[wp:Korn shell|Korn shell]] and [[Bourne Again SHell]]. (The other major tree of Unix shells descend from [[csh]].)
'''Portable Shell Syntax''' is the scripting language syntax used by the [[wp:UNIX System V|System V]] Bourne shell. This syntax is compatible with the heirloom shell and is the syntax documented in most Unix books. Examples marked "Works with: Bourne Shell" should work in any of the Bourne-compatible shells.
A Bourne Shell script begins with a [[wp:shebang (Unix)|shebang]] (also known as a ''hashbang'') like this, which tells the operating system to use the Bourne compatible shell interpreter:
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