From the course: Linux CentOS 7: Desktops and Remote Access (2016)
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Choosing a shell - Linux Tutorial
From the course: Linux CentOS 7: Desktops and Remote Access (2016)
Choosing a shell
- [Narrator] When you type commands into a terminal window, these commands are interpreted by a shell and then sent to the kernel. When the kernel responds, the data goes back to the shell which in turn turns it into text which we can understand. There are many different shells in Linux, and we'll only cover a few in this video. In a previous video, we talked about the terminal. Choosing a terminal has no bearing on what you type into the window. Choosing a shell does. This means tutorials you follow, commands you learn, and the workflow may change depending on the shell you use. Shells can be used interactively by entering commands or non-interactively by putting these commands into a shell script and executing them. If you create shell scripts to automate tasks, the choice of a shell becomes very important indeed. The reason for this is the syntax of built-in design elements like loops, conditionals, and arrays will change depending on which shell you use. A shell allows you to…
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