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[[Image:cli-prompt.png|thumb|right|120px|A '''shell''' is an interface / interpreter to allow a user to communicate with the Linux computer system. ]]
Although you need to study concepts (slides) throughout this course, you will also need to get '''hands-on practice running Linux commands as well as performing tutorials and performing and submitting course assignments'''.<br>This requires that you '''connect to a Linux server''' and become comfortable with '''issuing Linux commands'''.
In Unix/Linux, a '''shell''' is simply an '''interface''' to allow a user to communicate with the Linux computer system (server). Linux shells have evolved (improved) over a period of time. You will be using the '''Bash Shell''' which is considered to be user-friendly. By understanding how to issue Linux commands, you can create a file that contains Linux commands (called a '''shell script''') to automate tasks to make you a more '''productive''' Linux user and system administrator.