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Shell: A Command-Line Interpreter that connects a user to Operating System and allows to execute the commands or by creating text script. Basics of Shell Programming

   *     To get a Linux shell, you need to start a terminal.
   *     To see what shell you have, run: echo $SHELL.
   *     In Linux, the dollar sign ($) stands for a shell variable.
   *     The ‘echo‘ command just returns whatever you type in.
   *     The pipeline instruction (|) comes to rescue, when chaining several commands.
   *     Linux commands have their own syntax, Linux won’t forgive you whatsoever is the mistakes. If you get a command     wrong, you won’t flunk or damage anything, but it won’t work.
   *     #!/bin/sh – It is called shebang. It is written at the top of a shell script and it passes the instruction to the program /bin/sh.

In the simplest terms, a shell script is a file containing a series of commands. The shell reads this file and carries out the commands as though they have been entered directly on the command line. Writing the best shell program is creative skill as writing essays in a constructive manner. Dependable custom essay writing service provide the tutorial for writing best essays as per the need of user.

The shell is somewhat unique, in that it is both a powerful command line interface to the system and a scripting language interpreter. As we will see, most of the things that can be done on the command line can be done in scripts, and most of the things that can be done in scripts can be done on the command line.