The Shell

• The shell is the program that UNIX uses as a command interpreter for the user

• It provides an interface between the user and the operating system

• On our system we use the Bash shell

• Other popular shells:

  /bin/ksh (Korn), /bin/csh(C shell)
  
  /bin/sh (Bourne Shell)

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