Shell as Interpreter
The shell can be viewed as a programming language interpreter.
As with all interpreters, the shell has:
- a state (collection of variables and their values)
- control (current location, execution flow)
Different to most interpreters, the shell:
- modifies the program code before finally executing it
- has an infinitely extendible set of basic operations
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