Shell
ཕྱི་སྐོགས།
Shell
Shell · ཕྱི་སྐོགས། · Shell · shel · command shell · bash · zsh · Linux · cli · commands · terminalLinuxcommand shell bash zsh/shel/
Also known as: command shell, bash, zsh
Last updated August 7, 2026
Definition
A shell is a program that interprets text commands and runs programs — the interactive layer many people mean when they say “the command line.”
Real-World Example
Typing ls in a terminal asks the shell to list files in the current directory.
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