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A shell is a program that translates text commands (like {{ic|ls}}, {{ic|vim}}, {{ic|reboot}} etc) into instructions for your computer. The default shell on NixOS is [[bash]], but it can be easily changed.
A [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_shell shell] is a program that translates text commands (like {{ic|ls}}, {{ic|vim}}, {{ic|reboot}} etc) into instructions for your computer. The default shell on NixOS is [[bash]], but it can be easily changed.


{{note|[[Zsh]] is used here as an example. You can use other shells, e.g. {{ic|fish}} or {{ic|nushell}}.}}
{{note|[[Zsh]] is used here as an example. You can use other shells, e.g. [[Fish]] or [[Nushell]].}}


== Enable ==
== Enable ==