Linux "bashbug" Command Line Options and Examples

report a bug in bash

bashbug is a utility for reporting bugs in Bash to the maintainers. bashbug will start up your preferred editor with a preformatted bug report template for you to fill in. Save the file and quit the editor once you have completed the missing fields.

Usage:

bashbug [--help] [--version] [bug-report-email-addresses]

Related Commands

bash
update-alternatives

Command Line Options:

--help

Show a brief usage message and exit.


                            bashbug --help ...

--version

Show the version of bashbug and exit.bug-report-email-addressesComma separated list of recipients´ email addresses. By default the report is mailed to both the GNU developers and the DebianBash maintainers.ENVIRONMENTDEFEDITOREditor to use for editing the bug report.EDITOREditor to use for editing the bug report (overridden by DEFEDITOR).


                            bashbug --version ...