Unix shell

E17645

command-line interpreter scripting environment user interface

A Unix shell is a command-line interpreter and scripting environment used on Unix and Unix-like systems to execute commands, run programs, and automate tasks.

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All labels observed (18)

Label	Occurrences
Bash	17
Shell	6
Bourne shell	4
Unix shell canonical	4
GNU Bash	2
Bash (on older macOS versions)	1
Bourne shell family	1
C shell	1
Command Prompt	1
Groovy shell	1
Korn shell	1
POSIX sh	1
POSIX shell	1
Unix programming environment	1
Unix shells	1
Z shell	1
Zsh	1
fish shell	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	command-line interpreter ⓘ scripting environment ⓘ user interface ⓘ
canBeInvokedFrom	console ⓘ terminal emulator ⓘ
category	Unix software ⓘ
defaultStandardError	terminal ⓘ
defaultStandardInput	keyboard ⓘ
defaultStandardOutput	terminal ⓘ
designedFor	multitasking systems ⓘ multiuser systems ⓘ
executes	built-in commands ⓘ external programs ⓘ
hasVariant	Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bash Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bourne shell Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: C shell Dash ⓘ Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Korn shell Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Z shell Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: fish shell
influenced	PowerShell ⓘ surface form: Windows PowerShell many modern command-line interfaces ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Unix ⓘ Unix-like operating system ⓘ
primaryInterfaceType	command-line interface ⓘ
supports	aliases ⓘ batch command execution ⓘ command substitution ⓘ conditionals ⓘ control flow constructs ⓘ environment variables ⓘ filename globbing ⓘ functions ⓘ input redirection ⓘ interactive command execution ⓘ job control ⓘ loops ⓘ output redirection ⓘ pipeline ⓘ process control ⓘ scripting automation ⓘ shell scripting ⓘ
typicalFileExtension	.sh ⓘ
usedFor	batch processing ⓘ executing programs ⓘ interactive system use ⓘ software development workflows ⓘ system administration ⓘ task automation ⓘ text processing ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Python → influencedBy → Unix shell ⓘ

Windows → hasComponent → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Command Prompt

GNU Project → hasPart → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: GNU Bash

Codex → supportsLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourne shell

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: C shell

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korn shell

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Z shell

Unix shell → hasVariant → Unix shell self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: fish shell

Git → writtenInLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

Hadoop → writtenIn → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

PowerShell → influencedBy → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unix shells

Gentoo Linux → programmingLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Terminal → supports → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: Terminal (macOS)

this entity surface form: Bash

Terminal → supports → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: Terminal (macOS)

this entity surface form: Zsh

Terminal → previousDefaultShell → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: Terminal (macOS)

this entity surface form: Bash (on older macOS versions)

GNU Findutils → usedWith → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Groovy → hasImplementation → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Groovy shell

OpenAI Codex API → supportsLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

RVM → writtenIn → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

rbenv → writtenIn → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

chruby → programmingLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

chruby → canBeUsedWith → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Dash → shellFamily → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourne shell family

airmon-zc (newer monitor mode script) → programmingLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: airmon-zc

this entity surface form: Bash

"Unix Text Processing" → relatedTo → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: Unix Text Processing

UNIX System V → influenced → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourne shell

Xenix → includedShell → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourne shell

Ian Murdock → programmingLanguageUsed → Unix shell ⓘ

Airgeddon → programmingLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Azure Cloud Shell → supportsShell → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

GNU userland → includesComponent → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: GNU Bash

Portage → writtenInLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

The Unix Programming Environment → focusesOn → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Unix programming environment

Fish (when installed) → differsFrom → Unix shell ⓘ

subject surface form: fish shell

this entity surface form: POSIX sh

Tcl → influencedBy → Unix shell ⓘ

AmigaDOS → userInterface → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shell

Judd Vinet → programmingLanguageUsed → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

GitHub Actions → supportsLanguage → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Azure CLI → supports → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

echo → shellBuiltinIn → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

printf → shellIntegration → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: POSIX shell

printf → shellIntegration → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash

Unix-like systems → typicalShells → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bourne shell

Unix-like systems → typicalShells → Unix shell ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bash