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The document provides an overview of shell interfaces in Linux, explaining their role in executing commands and scripts. It discusses various shell types, command prompts, and features such as input/output redirection and piping. Additionally, it outlines the steps for creating and running shell scripts, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages.

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Linux Unit 4.2 notes

The document provides an overview of shell interfaces in Linux, explaining their role in executing commands and scripts. It discusses various shell types, command prompts, and features such as input/output redirection and piping. Additionally, it outlines the steps for creating and running shell scripts, highlighting their advantages and disadvantages.

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The results of commands can be different depending on which interpreter is called: 28.80 - commands will work in sh, whereas most sh commands’ ‘will work in bash. Switching of one flavor of shell to another is simple possible by ‘using shell command. ¢ Use sh command to switch from "Bourne Again SHell’, to Bourne shell 6H) Use bash command to switch from Bourne shell (sh) to "Bourne Again ‘sHell", Fxample: Switching of shels. 5 " though they are intended to be executed’ as basit 1] shell scripts have ‘the suffix sh, even a nes ‘at the top of the script. It actually does not ‘matter whether the script is script, what matters is whether the call to the interpreter is /bin/sh or Join /bash. 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It allows a user ett Snane today’s date ts The ape ae * The term redirection encompasses the various ways you can cause the shell to alter where standard input of a command comes from and where standard output goes to. * The data in input and output operations is organized like a file. Standard input is 2 place that = program gets information from. Standard output is a place that a program can send information, such as text. * Data input at the keyboard is placed in a data stream as a continuous set of bytes while data output from a command is also placed in a data stream and arranged as a continuous set of bytes * This input data stream is referred to in Linux as the standard input and the output data stream i called the standard output. * Inall operating systems, there i {display screen). 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