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shell script

script written for the shell, or command line interpreter, of an operating system
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shell script

Summary

shell script is a file format[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,010 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • shell script's instance of is recorded as file format[3].
  • shell script is a type of script file[4].
  • shell script's media type is recorded as text/x-sh[5].
  • shell script's media type is recorded as application/x-sh[6].
  • shell script's media type is recorded as application/x-shellscript[7].
  • shell script's file extension is recorded as sh[8].
  • shell script's uses is recorded as scripting language[9].

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Designation and Status

shell script's instance of is recorded as file format[3].

Why It Matters

shell script ranks in the top 9% of file_format entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,010 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . salsa.debian.org. Retrieved . salsa.debian.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . pagure.io. Retrieved . pagure.io. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Retrieved . gitlab.freedesktop.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → script file
    Uses → scripting language
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: shell+script, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/9aef88c707e54/|details]])"
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