UNIX shell

The UNIX Shell is a UNIX program which gives users access to operating system features for launching programs and managing files. The shell can be used interactively or non-interactively from lists of shell commands stored in files called shell scripts.

URLs:

comp.unix.shell

If it's a topic about which programmers have questions or comments, you'll find a Usenet newsgroup, or two, devoted to it.

W3E References:

script

shell

Shell account

Print References:

• Que's Computer and Internet Dictionary by Brian Pfaffenberger with David Wall. Que, Indianapolis, IN. 1995. (ISBN: 0-7897-0356-4)