Unix shell

Summary

Unix shell is a software category^[1]. It draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #48 of 263).^[2]

Key Facts

• Unix shell's image is recorded as Unix shells in Konsole screenshot.png^[3].
• Unix shell's instance of is recorded as software category^[4].
• Unix shell's subclass of is recorded as command-line interpreter^[5].
• Unix shell's subclass of is recorded as operating system shell^[6].
• Unix shell's subclass of is recorded as implementation of a programming language^[7].
• Unix shell's part of is recorded as Q11368^[8].
• Unix shell's Commons category is recorded as Unix shells^[9].
• Unix shell's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07w1l^[10].
• Unix shell's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Unix shells^[11].
• Unix shell's topic has template is recorded as Template:Unix shells^[12].
• Unix shell's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/shell^[13].
• Unix shell's Quora topic ID is recorded as Unix-Shells^[14].
• Unix shell's KBpedia ID is recorded as UnixShell^[15].
• Unix shell's GitHub topic is recorded as unix-shell^[16].
• Unix shell's Lemmy community ID is recorded as [email protected]^[17].
• Unix shell's ArchWiki article is recorded as Command-line_shell^[18].
• Unix shell's ArchWiki article is recorded as Command-line_shell_(Español)^[19].
• Unix shell's ArchWiki article is recorded as Command-line_shell_(Português)^[20].
• Unix shell's ArchWiki article is recorded as Command-line_shell_(Русский)^[21].
• Unix shell's GitLab topic ID is recorded as shell^[22].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Unix shell include shebang^[23], a sequence^[24], founded in 1980^[25] and Shellshock^[26], a vulnerability^[27].

Why It Matters

Unix shell draws 216 Wikipedia views per month (software_category category, ranking #48 of 263).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

It has been cited as an influence by jq^[30], an open-source software^[31], founded in 2012^[32].

Entities named for it include shebang^[23], a sequence^[24], founded in 1980^[25] and Shellshock^[26], a vulnerability^[27].

FAQs

Who did Unix shell influence?

Unix shell has been cited as an influence by jq^[30].