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Add documentation for Bash requirement

This commit adds a note to the docs regarding the requirements for Bash.

Relates #23464
Jason Tedor 8 years ago
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@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ Elasticsearch can be started from the command line as follows:
 By default, Elasticsearch runs in the foreground, prints its logs to the
 standard output (`stdout`), and can be stopped by pressing `Ctrl-C`.
 
+NOTE: All scripts packaged with Elasticsearch require a version of Bash
+that supports arrays and assume that Bash is available at `/bin/bash`.
+As such, Bash should be available at this path either directly or via a
+symbolic link.
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 include::check-running.asciidoc[]
 
 Log printing to `stdout` can be disabled using the `-q` or `--quiet`