UserDoc:Shell

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...

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Menus

Using a shell menus.

Command line editing

Typing commands in a shell.