Chapter 13. Introduction to Command Shells
Welcome to your 13th hour of learning Unix. You should take a moment to pat yourself on the back. You've come a long way, and you're already quite a sophisticated user. In the past few hours, I've occasionally touched on the differences between the shells, but I haven't really stopped to explain what shells are available, how they differ from one another, and which is the best for your style of interaction. That's what this hour is all about.
Shells, you'll recall, are the command-line interface programs through which you tell the computer what to do. All Unix systems include C shell (csh) and its predecessor, the Bourne shell (sh). All modern Unix systems also include some nifty newer shells, notably ...
Get SAMS Teach Yourself Unix in 24 Hours FOURTH EDITION now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
