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In Linux, a lot of work is done using a command line shell. Linux comes preinstalled with Bash. Many other shells are available under Linux:
- tcsh - An enhanced version of csh, the C shell.
- ksh - The real, AT&T version of the Korn shell.
- csh - Shell with C-like syntax, standard login shell on BSD systems.
- zsh - A powerful interactive shell.
- scsh- An open-source Unix shell embedded within Scheme programming language.
To find the list of available shell packages under Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS Linux / Fedora Linux, enter:
yum search shell
To find the list of available shell packages under Debian Linux / Ubuntu Linux, enter:
apt-cache search shell