Description of different types of shell

There are several different shells available for Unix; the most popular are described here.

You can use any one of these shells if they are available on your system. And you can switch between the different shells once you have found out if they are available.

• Bourne shell (sh)
• C shell (csh)
• TC shell (tcsh)
• Korn shell (ksh)
• Bourne Again SHell (bash)

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