Dash
E102380
Dash is a lightweight, POSIX-compliant Unix shell designed for fast script execution and minimal resource usage, commonly used as the default /bin/sh on some Linux systems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Dash canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T815578 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dash Context triple: [Unix shell, hasVariant, Dash]
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A.
Danny
Danny is the young boy protagonist of the science-fiction adventure film "Zathura: A Space Adventure," whose discovery of a mysterious board game launches the story’s intergalactic journey.
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B.
Dave
Dave is a common masculine given name, often a shortened form of David, used widely in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Jack
Jack is a common masculine given name, often used as a familiar form of John and widely featured in English-language literature and popular culture.
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D.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
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E.
Ray
Ray is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of Raymond.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dash Target entity description: Dash is a lightweight, POSIX-compliant Unix shell designed for fast script execution and minimal resource usage, commonly used as the default /bin/sh on some Linux systems.
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A.
Danny
Danny is the young boy protagonist of the science-fiction adventure film "Zathura: A Space Adventure," whose discovery of a mysterious board game launches the story’s intergalactic journey.
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B.
Dave
Dave is a common masculine given name, often a shortened form of David, used widely in English-speaking countries.
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C.
Jack
Jack is a common masculine given name, often used as a familiar form of John and widely featured in English-language literature and popular culture.
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D.
Sam
Sam is a person whose given name is Sam.
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E.
Ray
Ray is a masculine given name commonly used in English-speaking countries, often as a short form of Raymond.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
POSIX-compliant shell
ⓘ
Unix shell ⓘ free and open-source software ⓘ |
| advantageOverBash |
faster execution of many shell scripts
ⓘ
lower memory usage ⓘ smaller installation footprint ⓘ |
| basedOn | Almquist shell ⓘ |
| canProvide | /bin/sh symlink target ⓘ |
| category |
command-line interpreter
ⓘ
system component ⓘ |
| conformsTo |
POSIX sh specification
ⓘ
POSIX ⓘ
surface form:
POSIX.1-2008
|
| derivedFrom | ash ⓘ |
| designGoal |
fast script execution
ⓘ
minimal resource usage ⓘ small binary size ⓘ |
| developer | Herbert Xu ⓘ |
| distributionPackage | dash package on Debian-based systems ⓘ |
| doesNotSupport |
Bash-specific extensions
ⓘ
advanced interactive features of Bash ⓘ |
| feature |
fast startup time
ⓘ
low memory footprint ⓘ minimal built-in features compared to interactive shells ⓘ non-interactive shell optimized for scripting ⓘ |
| invocationPath | /bin/dash ⓘ |
| license | BSD license ⓘ |
| notableProperty |
often used to detect non-POSIX constructs in shell scripts
ⓘ
prioritizes POSIX compliance over interactive usability ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
BSD
ⓘ
Linux ⓘ Unix-like systems ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage | C ⓘ |
| replaced |
Bash as /bin/sh on Debian for performance reasons
ⓘ
Bash as /bin/sh on Ubuntu for performance reasons ⓘ |
| roleInDebian | default /bin/sh for non-interactive scripts ⓘ |
| roleInUbuntu | default /bin/sh for system scripts ⓘ |
| shellFamily |
Unix shell
ⓘ
surface form:
Bourne shell family
|
| supports |
POSIX shell scripts
ⓘ
shell scripting in system boot process ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
embedded Linux systems
ⓘ
resource-constrained systems ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
/bin/sh implementation
ⓘ
default /bin/sh on some Linux distributions ⓘ system shell for init scripts ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Debian
ⓘ
Ubuntu ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Dash Description of subject: Dash is a lightweight, POSIX-compliant Unix shell designed for fast script execution and minimal resource usage, commonly used as the default /bin/sh on some Linux systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.