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The Linux Command Line: What Is The Shell?

The shell is a program that takes keyboard commands and passes them to the operating system to carry out. There are different types of shells including the C-shell, Bourne shell, and Bourne Again shell. When using a GUI, a terminal emulator is used to interact with the shell. The shell prompt ends with a $ for a regular user and # for the superuser. Basic commands like date, cal, df, free, and exit can be used to view the date, calendar, disk space, memory, and exit the shell.

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The Linux Command Line: What Is The Shell?

The shell is a program that takes keyboard commands and passes them to the operating system to carry out. There are different types of shells including the C-shell, Bourne shell, and Bourne Again shell. When using a GUI, a terminal emulator is used to interact with the shell. The shell prompt ends with a $ for a regular user and # for the superuser. Basic commands like date, cal, df, free, and exit can be used to view the date, calendar, disk space, memory, and exit the shell.

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The Linux

Command Line
Chapter 1
What is the Shell?
Prepared by Dr. Reyes, New York City College of Technology
What is the Shell?
• Shell - a program that takes keyboard commands
and passes them to the operating system to carry
out
• Types of Shells:
o C-Shell: csh, tcsh
o Bourne Shell: sh
o Bourne Again Shell: bash

• When using a GUI, a terminal emulator is used to


interact with the shell
o KDE uses konsole
o GNOME uses gnome-terminal
Shell Prompt
Session Privileges
• Prompt ending with:
o $ - regular user, privileges varies
o # - superuser
Command History
• Press up-arrow key for previous command
• Press down-arrow key for next command
• Press left-arrow key to move back in the same line
• Press right-arrow key to move forward in the same
line
• Limited support for mouse interaction
• Some keyboard shortcuts might not work, as they
belong to Windows:
o Ctrl-C
o Ctrl-V
Some Simple Commands
• Try the date command:
o Displays the current date
Some Simple Commands
• Try the cal command:
o Displays the calendar
Some Simple Commands
• Try the df command:
o Displays the disk available
Some Simple Commands
• Try the free command:
o Displays the memory available
Some Simple Commands
• Try the exit command:
o Use it to exit the system

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