shell的一般应用(国外英文资料).doc

shell的一般应用(国外英文资料) What is a SHELL The SHELL provides an interactive interface between the user and the Linux system. It reads our input and then executes a specific program. It also displays command output when the program executes. So the SHELL is called the command parser for the Linux system. The role of a shell is to follow a certain syntax to interpret the input commands and pass them to the system. It is a bridge for users to use Linux. When you log in to the Linux system, youll see a prompt like this: # or $ The special prompt you see may look different. It may contain the host name of the system, the current working directory name, or both. But regardless of what this particular prompt looks like, one thing is certain. The program that prints out this prompt is called shell, and it is likely that your particular shell is a program called bash. Several popular shells: Ash, bash, KSH, CSH, ZSH [root @localhost ~] # echo $SHELL displays the SHELL that the system currently USES [root @localhost ~] # chsh-l lists the shell supported by the system Bash is an acronym for the Bourne again shell, which is the default shell for most Linux systems. The shells task is to execute your commands so that you can interact with the Linux system. When you have lost the command, you can notify the shell to perform an exit or logout command, which you will return to the login prompt. [root @localhost ~] # CSH / / directly into the CSH, this shell is called a subshell [root @localhost ~] # exit / / exit the shell The composition of the LINUX system The LINUX system consists mainly of two parts: the tool kernel Program tool is able to be performed, such as the who, the date, the tool is a program name, and the command is refers to the programs and in order to change the behavior of the program and the specified parameters. Sometimes the tools are called commands. The kernel is a core part of the Linux system that provides the ability to access computer hardware while simultaneous