Bash 5.3 Has Some Big Improvements — Here’s How You Can Test It

The GNU Foundation has announced that the latest public release of the Bash (version 5.3) command line interpreter is now available, after three long years since the previous stable release.

The new version of Bash includes some interesting new features that will appeal to all types of users. First, let’s talk about what’s new in Bash, and then I’ll show you how you can install the latest release (from source) on your Linux distribution of choice.

What Is Bash?

First, let’s talk about Bash. What exactly is this piece o’…