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SHELL

What Is Shell ?
the shell is a program that takes your commands from the keyboard and gives them to the
operating system to perform . There are 2 types of interfaces in linux graphical user interface
( GUIs ) and command line interface ( CLIs )

Here we will be working with the command line interface ( CLI ) Shell .

Command Line Interface

This is the command line interface ( CLI ) and from here you type the commands .
What Is Putty ?
putty is a free Telnet and SSH terminal software for Windows and Unix platforms that enables
users to remotely access computers over the Internet . If you are using windows as desktop you
will need to use the putty software to access shell .

We will be using the putty software to access the shell .

Putty Software

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