have you any idea how shell programs working

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have you any idea how shell programs working

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i do not know

what is shell?
what are shell programs?
is it possible to write a shell for linux?
is gnome and kde a shell for linux?

whould you help me
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"shell" usually means a program that provides command line interface to something. Unix systems have serveral different types. Windows has command.com. Some add-on, Unix style shells are available for Windows.

"shell programs" would probably be any program with a command line interface.

Yes you can write your own, but you can also use shells to run other shells so you do not really need to write your own.

No, Gnome and KDE are window managers / graphic interfaces. They are conceptually the same thing as a shell because they provide an interface to run programs.
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There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't
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