Operating system shell#

In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system’s services to a human user or other programs. In general, operating system shells use either a command-line interface (CLI) or graphical user interface (GUI), depending on a computer’s role and particular operation. It is named a shell because it is the outermost layer around the operating system.

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Examples#

• Bash
• fish ⭐
• Nushell
• Oil
• Powershell
• Zsh
  • Oh My ZSH!

Tools#

• Atuin: Magical shell history
• explainshell.com: Write down a command-line to see the help text that matches each argument
• fzf: A command-line fuzzy finder ⭐
• ShellCheck: A static analysis tool for shell scripts ⭐