shell script

A shell script is a script written for the shell, or command line interpreter, of an operating system. It is often considered a simple domain-specific programming language. Typical operations performed by shell scripts include file manipulation, program execution, and printing text. Usually, shell script refers to scripts written for a Unix shell, while COMMAND.COM (DOS) and cmd.exe (Windows) command line scripts are usually called batch files, but here properties of both are discussed.
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<programming, operating system> A program written to be interpreted by the shell of an operating system, especially Unix.
Compare: script, glue language.
(1999-02-22)