Shell

The shell is a command-line interpreter that is used to pass commands to the operating system.. 2006-04-29. On macOS, it can be accessed via the Terminal application.
==History==
The "shell" originated from , which preceded Unix, and refers to its function of being the part of the operating system that interfaces with the outside world. Commonly-used Unix shells include (csh) and (sh).
==See also==
* Z shell, the default shell on macOS since macOS 10.15 (Catalina).
* Bash, the previous default shell on Mac OS X and NeXTSTEP.
==References==
==External links==
*Shell Command Language at The Open Group
* and at Wikipedia
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