In computing, a command-line interpreter, or command language interpreter, is a blanket term for a certain class of programs designed to reads lines of text entered by a user, thus implementing a command-line interface.

Operating system shells

Unix-like systems

There are many variants of Unix shell:

• Bourne shell sh
• Bash (Unix shell) bash
• Korn shell ksh
• zsh
• C shell csh
• psh (Perl-based)

Microsoft Windows

Note that most OS shells in Microsoft Windows are not command-line interpreters.

• Command Prompt
• Windows PowerShell
• Hamilton C shell
• 4NT
• GMLCMD
• Recovery Console

DOS

• command.com
• 4DOS

OS/2

• 4OS/2

IBM OS/400

• AS/400 Control Language
• iSeries QSHELL

Apple computers

• Terminal.app
• Apple DOS/Apple ProDOS

Network routers

• Cisco IOS^[1]
• Junos Command Line Interface (Juniper Networks)^[2]

Other

• Amiga CLI/Amiga Shell, see AmigaOS
• Basic-Plus (RSTS/E)
• Conversational Monitor System (VM/CMS)
• DOS Wedge (Commodore 64)
• DIGITAL Command Language (OpenVMS)
• Extensible Firmware Interface shell
• SymShell, see SymbOS
• Time Sharing Option (MVS, z/OS)
• Atari TOS shell
• YouOS shell

Scripting programming languages

• REXX
• Perl
• Python (programming language)
• Ruby (programming language)
• Jython
• Tcl language:
  • Tclsh
  • Wish (Windowing Shell)

References

See also

• Interpreter directive
• Text user interface