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A shell is a text based console the user will use to send commands to the computer. Also it is an AmigaOS window created by Intuition.
 
A shell is a text based console the user will use to send commands to the computer. Also it is an AmigaOS window created by Intuition.
 
   
 
== Starting a shell ==
 
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Using a shell menus.
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=== Command line editing ===
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Typing commands in a shell.

Revision as of 23:44, 6 July 2012

What is a shell?

A shell is a text based console the user will use to send commands to the computer. Also it is an AmigaOS window created by Intuition.

Starting a shell

You can open a shell doing like this:

  • Double click the Shell icon, that you can find in the System folder of the system partition.

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  • Use the Execute requester of the Workbench and issue one of the following commands "newshell", "newcli" or "cli".

Using a shell

A shell being a text only interface you will use it almost exclusively with the keyboard. There are a few graphic elements that will require the use of a mouse: menu items, window sliders, tabs...

TODO: insert shell image with tabs and menus

Menus

Using a shell menus.

Command line editing

Typing commands in a shell.