z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide
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About shells

z/OS UNIX System Services User's Guide
SA23-2279-00

A shell is a command interpreter that you use to:
  • Invoke shell commands or utilities that request services from the system.
  • Write shell scripts using the shell programming language.
  • Run shell scripts and C-language programs interactively (in the foreground), in the background, or in batch.
Parent topic: An introduction to the z/OS shells

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