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Shell

A shell is a program that reads commands you type, runs them and shows the results, forming the text interface to an operating system.

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In more detail

Common shells are Bash and Zsh on Linux and macOS, and PowerShell and Command Prompt on Windows. Shells can chain commands with pipes, use variables and run scripts. The window that hosts a shell is the terminal. See Linux Command Line Cheat Sheet.

See also

  • Cheat sheet Linux Command Line Cheat Sheet
    The terminal commands for files, search, text, processes, disk, network and archives, plus pipes, redirection.
  • Glossary Git
    Git is a distributed version control system that records snapshots of a project's files so you can track changes, go back and collaborate.
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