When I first saw a tweet about the Bash Reference Manual being part of Epstein files, I simply thought of it as a joke.
And then there were more tweets. As a Linux user and an open source enthusiast, I was curious and I had to find out if there was any truth in it.
The truth is that indeed Bash Reference Manual is part of the Epstein Files released by the U.S. Department of Justice. You can access it here.
Are they just dumping stuff into the Epstein files, hoping that it will artificially bloat its size and scare of potential readers? “OMG, 3 million pages? There’s no way I’m reading that”.
Wouldn’t that be like an obstruction of justice?
No, they have been ordered to release all the files arising from activities related to Epstein. Relevance to criminal activity was not a criteria. So if they cloned a storage device he had a Bash manual on, a Bash manual must be released.