What is a shell?



What is a shell?..

Answer / Mukesh Pandey

A shell is a user interface for interacting with a computer's operating system. It provides command-line interfaces for users to execute commands, navigate the file system, manage processes, and access various utilities. The most common type of shell in Unix-like systems is the Bourne Again SHell (bash).

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