Shells Glossary
Browse 5 shells terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
5 Shells Terms
- Container Shell
- An interactive shell session opened inside a running container for inspection, debugging, or one-off commands. Container shells are useful in emergencies, but...
- Nushell
- A modern shell that treats command output as structured data rather than only plain text.
- Starship Prompt
- A fast customizable shell prompt popular with developers who want rich context in the terminal.
- Zoxide
- A smarter `cd` replacement that learns frequently used directories and helps jump to them quickly from the shell.
- Zsh Plugin
- An extension or script that adds commands, prompts, completions, or workflow behavior to the Z shell. In terminal culture, Zsh plugins are a common way to...
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