The shell is a command-line interpreter that is used to pass commands to the operating system.[1] On macOS, it can be accessed via the Terminal application.
History
The "shell" originated from Multics, 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 c shell (csh) and Bourne shell (sh).[1]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 shell at the Free On-Line Dictionary Of Computing. 2006-04-29.
External links
- Shell Command Language at The Open Group
- Shell (computing) and List of command-line interpreters at Wikipedia
