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 ## Requirements
 
   * [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) (*6.0.0 or newer*)
+  * [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (*4.0 or newer*)
   * [Coreutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/)
   * [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)
   * [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)