Internal variables:
*HOME
*PWD
*IFS
*PATH
*PPID
*BASHPID
*UID
Process ID (pid) of the current instance of Bash. This is not the same as the $$ variable, but it often gives the same result. This is new in Bash 4 and doesn’t work in Bash 3.
~> $ echo "\$\$ pid = $$ BASHPID = $BASHPID"
$$ pid = 9265 BASHPID = 9265