"shell script" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: shell scripts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} shell script (plural shell scripts)
  1. (computing) A prewritten list of commands, and perhaps other control information, to be executed (interpreted) by a shell or other command interpreter. Wikipedia link: shell script Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: batch file Translations (file containing instructions for the shell): سْكْرِبْت شِل (skribt šel) [masculine] (Arabic), 外殼腳本 (Chinese Mandarin), 外壳脚本 (wàiké jiǎoběn) (Chinese Mandarin), σενάριο φλοιού (senário floioú) [neuter] (Greek), シェルスクリプト (sherusukuriputo) (Japanese), шелл-скрипт (šell-skript) [masculine] (Russian), шелл-сцена́рий (šell-scenárij) [masculine] (Russian)

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