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• bash-1.14

  1994-06-02

  Can be found at the archived version of http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

• bash-1.13

  1993-09-03

  Looks like Chet Ramey takes over as maintainer between 1.12 and 1.13.

• bash-1.12

  1992-01-26

  You can find bash-1.12.lx file at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.11

  1992-01-10

  You can find bash-1.11 at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

  You can find bash-1.05.tar file at oldlinux.org.

  Also find this copy of origin bash-1.05 at GitHub.

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11

• bash-1.14

  1994-06-02

  Can be found at the archived version of http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

• bash-1.13

  1993-09-03

  Looks like Chet Ramey takes over as maintainer between 1.12 and 1.13.

• bash-1.12

  1992-01-26

  You can find bash-1.12.lx file at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.11

  1992-01-10

  You can find bash-1.11 at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

  You can find bash-1.05.tar file at oldlinux.org.

  Also find this copy of origin bash-1.05 at GitHub.

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

  You can find bash102.taz at the archived version of decuslib.com

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11

• bash-1.14

  1994-06-02

  Can be found at the archived version of http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

• bash-1.13

  1993-09-03

  Looks like Chet Ramey takes over as maintainer between 1.12 and 1.13.

• bash-1.12

  1992-01-26

• bash-1.11

  1992-01-10

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

  Find this copy of origin bash-1.05 at GitHub.

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11

Here is the copy of find-ls.txt file from 2002 from Wayback Machine site, which has the references only to bash-1.14.x:

13877724 3 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 2627 Jul 18 1995 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.5.diffs-from-GNU-CD 13877725 28 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 27668 Jul 8 1994 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.0-1.14.1.diff.gz 13877726 304 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 311063 Aug 23 1994 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.1-1.14.2.diff 13877727 105 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 107380 Jan 4 1995 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.2-1.14.3.diff 13877728 11 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 10785 Apr 19 1995 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.3-1.14.4.diff.gz 13877729 117 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 118849 Jul 18 1995 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.4-1.14.5.diffs 13877730 14 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 13724 Dec 19 1995 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.5-1.14.6.diff.gz 13877731 1 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 587 Aug 29 1996 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.6-1.14.7.diff.gz 13877732 1483 -rw-rw-r-- 1 root ftp 1518180 Aug 29 1996 ./gnu/bash/bash-1.14.7.tar.gz 

• bash-1.14

  1994-06-02

  Can be found at the archived version of http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

• bash-1.13

  1993-09-03

  Looks like Chet Ramey takes over as maintainer between 1.12 and 1.13.

• bash-1.12

  1992-01-26

  You can find bash-1.12.lx file at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.11

  1992-01-10

  You can find bash-1.11 at oldlinux.org.

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

  You can find bash-1.05.tar file at oldlinux.org.

  Also find this copy of origin bash-1.05 at GitHub.

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11

• bash-1.14

  1994-06-02

  Can be found at the archived version of http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/

• bash-1.13

  1993-09-03

  Looks like Chet Ramey takes over as maintainer between 1.12 and 1.13.

• bash-1.12

  1992-01-26

• bash-1.11

  1992-01-10

• bash-1.10

  First mention found at 1991-10-07, so some time before that.

• bash-1.09

  First mention found at 1991-06-02.

• bash-1.08

  1991-05-22

• bash-1.07

  likely 1991-02-01

• bash-1.06

  This is a tough one. There was apparently a "bootleg" version of 1.06, so this requires more digging.

• bash-1.05

  1990-03-03

  Find this copy of origin bash-1.05 at GitHub.

• bash-1.04

  First mention found at 1989-11-07

• bash-1.03

  1989-09-02

  Also check this comment from Brian:

  I didn't post patches right away, which had indeed been my intent. Since then I have completed a major rewrite of the readline library, and the patches would be meaningless. I tend to be slow to release a piece of software unless I think it is perfect. Since I know that Bash is not yet perfect, I am slow to release it. Then, people yell at me to release something, anything, and I rush to get in the last new feature.

• bash-1.02

  First mention found at 1989-07-09.

• bash-1.01

  1989-06-23

• bash-1.00

  Hard to search for ...

  As per this Brian's Fox post titled Bash-1.00.tar.Z posted on 1989-06-23:

  I have placed the full source to bash version 1.01 on prep.ai.mit.edu.

  There will not be another release of the shell until all of the known and reported bugs are fixed.

  So we can assume that the earliest bash version has been uploaded to the above website. There are also these mirror sites.

• bash-0.99

  First mention found at 1989-06-11