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Linux Essentials - Second Edition
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A Linux command line, or shell as it’s more properly called, is a program. Just like any other program, the shell must be launched. You can start a shell in a GUI window called a terminal program, or you can log in to the computer locally via a text-mode console. In addition, a shell is started when you log in to the computer remotely using a text-mode login protocol. However, that particular method goes beyond the scope of this book.

The default shell in most Linux distributions is the Bourne Again Shell Bash or bash), which is based on an older shell called the Bourne Shell. Other shells are available. Most of these are similar to Bash in broad strokes, although some details differ. Each account specifies its own default shell, so individual users can change their shells if they like. (This is done with account management tools, such as usermod, which is described in Chapter 13, “Creating Users and Groups.”)
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