bash -c

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20858381/what-does-bash-c-do

-c string.             If the -c option is present, then commands are read from string. If there are arguments after the string, they are assigned to the positional parameters, starting with $0.

DIR="YOUR_DIR" bash -c 'tar c "$DIR" | xz -T0 -c > "$DIR".tar.xz && ls -lh "$DIR".tar.xz'

• Homebrew installation: /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

DD_AGENT_MAJOR_VERSION=7 DD_API_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" bash -c "$(curl -L https://install.datadoghq.com/scripts/install_mac_os.sh)"

Related

• bash -e
• bash -x
• bash -xe
• bash -i
• bash --rcfile .mybashrc -ci 'echo $FOO'
• sh -c
• bash --login
• cannot execute binary file

See also

• command, bash -c
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