Unix shell

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A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter (or shell) that provides a traditional Unix-like command line user interface.

Description

Users direct the operation of the computer by entering commands as text for a command line interpreter to execute, or by creating text scripts of one or more such commands.

Users typically interact with a Unix shell using a terminal emulator, however, direct operation via serial hardware connections, or networking session, are common for server systems.

All Unix shells provide:

  • Filename wildcarding
  • Piping
  • Here documents
  • Command substitution
  • Variable
  • Control structures for condition-testing and iteration

See also

External links

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