Glossary term
What is Shell?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Shell" means: The program inside the terminal that reads your commands and runs them. On Ubuntu it is bash. It is taught in Linux for Absolute Beginners. Related terms include terminal, Path, Distribution and Redirection. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Shell?
The program inside the terminal that reads your commands and runs them. On Ubuntu it is bash.
Where is Shell taught?
Shell is defined in Linux for Absolute Beginners.
Which lessons cover Shell?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Linux for Absolute Beginners, lesson 2.3: Wildcards: Match Many Files at Once
Which terms are related to Shell?
Next to Shell in the course glossaries: terminal, Path, Distribution, Redirection, Linux, Wildcard and Pipe.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Shell?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Linux for Absolute Beginners: No Linux or programming experience is needed.