linux - What is /bin/sh -c?

Question

What does /bin/sh -c mean? What does -c do?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3985193/what-is-bin-sh-c

Answer 1

From the man-page of bash:

-c string If  the  -c  option  is  present, then commands are read from
          string.  If there are arguments after the  string,  they  are
          assigned to the positional parameters, starting with $0.

Example:

$ bash -c ls

will launch bash and execute the command ls.

/bin/sh is usually a symlink to a shell.