Get help on Linux set Command.

   Linux set command is use to set values of shell options and positional parameters or unset values of shell options and positional parameters on Linux system.  The Linux set command is one of bash shell built in command.  The command example below show how to get set command manual or help on Linux set command using shell command, this help show information on how to use the Linux set command, the set command options and the arguments that can be use with Linux set command.

Get Linux set command help

  Execute help command and the name of Linux command that we want the help file, the example below we execute help command with -m option to get the help for set command using the manpage format.

[linux@fedora11 ~]$ help -m set

NAME

    set - Set or unset values of shell options and positional parameters.

SYNOPSIS

    set [--abefhkmnptuvxBCHP] [-o option-name] [arg ...]

DESCRIPTION

    Set or unset values of shell options and positional parameters.

    Change the value of shell attributes and positional parameters, or

    display the names and values of shell variables.

    Options:

      -a  Mark variables which are modified or created for export.

      -b  Notify of job termination immediately.

      -e  Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.

      -f  Disable file name generation (globbing).

      -h  Remember the location of commands as they are looked up.

      -k  All assignment arguments are placed in the environment for a

          command, not just those that precede the command name.

      -m  Job control is enabled.

      -n  Read commands but do not execute them.

      -o option-name

          Set the variable corresponding to option-name:

              allexport    same as -a

              braceexpand  same as -B

              emacs        use an emacs-style line editing interface

              errexit      same as -e

              errtrace     same as -E

              functrace    same as -T

              hashall      same as -h

              histexpand   same as -H

              history      enable command history

              ignoreeof    the shell will not exit upon reading EOF

              interactive-comments

                           allow comments to appear in interactive commands

              keyword      same as -k

              monitor      same as -m

              noclobber    same as -C

              noexec       same as -n

              noglob       same as -f

              nolog        currently accepted but ignored

              notify       same as -b

              nounset      same as -u

              onecmd       same as -t

              physical     same as -P

              pipefail     the return value of a pipeline is the status of

                           the last command to exit with a non-zero status,

                           or zero if no command exited with a non-zero status

              posix        change the behavior of bash where the default

                           operation differs from the Posix standard to

                           match the standard

              privileged   same as -p

              verbose      same as -v

              vi           use a vi-style line editing interface

              xtrace       same as -x

      -p  Turned on whenever the real and effective user ids do not match.

          Disables processing of the $ENV file and importing of shell

          functions.  Turning this option off causes the effective uid and

          gid to be set to the real uid and gid.

      -t  Exit after reading and executing one command.

      -u  Treat unset variables as an error when substituting.

      -v  Print shell input lines as they are read.

      -x  Print commands and their arguments as they are executed.

      -B  the shell will perform brace expansion

      -C  If set, disallow existing regular files to be overwritten

          by redirection of output.

      -E  If set, the ERR trap is inherited by shell functions.

      -H  Enable ! style history substitution.  This flag is on

          by default when the shell is interactive.

      -P  If set, do not follow symbolic links when executing commands

          such as cd which change the current directory.

      -T  If set, the DEBUG trap is inherited by shell functions.

      -   Assign any remaining arguments to the positional parameters.

          The -x and -v options are turned off.

    Using + rather than - causes these flags to be turned off.  The

    flags can also be used upon invocation of the shell.  The current

    set of flags may be found in $-.  The remaining n ARGs are positional

    parameters and are assigned, in order, to $1, $2, .. $n.  If no

    ARGs are given, all shell variables are printed.

    Exit Status:

    Returns success unless an invalid option is given.

SEE ALSO

    bash(1)

IMPLEMENTATION

    GNU bash, version 4.0.16(1)-release (i386-redhat-linux-gnu)

    Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

    License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>

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