List of command-line interpreters

Template:Short description This list includes notable command-line interpreters Template:Endash programs that interactively interpret commands entered by the user at the command-line.

Operating system shells

Most operating systems are accessible via a shell Template:Endash a command line interpreter. In some cases multiple shells are available.

This category somewhat overlaps with the general programming section since an operating system shell supports programming, and the line between operating system access and general programming is sometimes less than clear. For example, some versions of BASIC served as a shell, and BASIC is also a general-purpose language.

Unix-like

• Almquist shell (ash)
• Bash (Unix shell) bash
• Bourne shell sh
• C shell csh
• Ch shell ch
• Debian Almquist shell (dash)
• Emacs shell eshell
• Friendly interactive shell fish
• KornShell ksh
• PowerShell pwsh
• rc shell rc, a shell for Plan 9 from Bell Labs and Unix
• Stand-alone shell sash
• Scheme Shell scsh
• TENEX C shell tcsh
• Z shell zsh

Windows

• COMMAND.COM, default shell in Windows 9x, available in 32-bit NT-based Windows via NTVDM
• cmd.exe, successor of COMMAND.COM in OS/2 and Windows NT systems, a.k.a. Command Prompt
• Recovery Console
• PowerShell, successor of Command Prompt; more like Unix-based shells; based on .NET
• Hamilton C shell, a clone of the C shell
• Take Command Console (4NT), a clone of cmd.exe with added features

DOS

• COMMAND.COM, the default command-line interpreter
• 4DOS, a compatible, but more advanced shell
• NDOS, provided with some versions of Norton Utilities
• GW-BASIC

OS/2

• CMD.EXE, the default command-line interpreter
• Hamilton C shell, a clone of the Unix C shell
• 4OS2, a clone of CMD.EXE with additional features

Apple

• Apple DOS/Apple ProDOS
• Macintosh Programmer's Workshop

CP/M

• Console Command Processor (CCP), the default command line interpreter
• ZCPR for the Z-System

IBM i

• Control Language
• Qshell

Network routers

• Cisco IOS<ref>"The Cisco IOS command-line interface (CLI) is the primary user interface..."</ref>
• Junos (Juniper Networks)<ref>"...the software that you use whenever you access the router..."</ref>

Other

• Atari TOS shell
• BASIC-PLUS (RSTS/E)
• CANDE MCS – command-line shell and text editor on the MCP operating system
• Conversational Monitor System (VM/CMS)
• Data General RDOS and AOS CLI
• DIGITAL Command Language (DCL)
• DOS Wedge – (Commodore 64)
• DIGITAL Command Language (OpenVMS)
• EFI-SHELL
• Microsoft BASIC
• Singularity (operating system)
• SymShell
• Tandem Application Control Language (TACL)
• Time Sharing Option (MVS, z/OS)
• YouOS shell

General-purpose programming

• APL
• BASIC
• BeanShell – shell for Java
• JavaScript shell – several programs by this name, including JavaScript Interpreter Shell, allow interactive JavaScript<ref>developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript_shells Template:Webarchive; Comparison of Server-side JavaScript solutions</ref>
• Common Lisp Interface Manager – for Lisp
• F#
• Haskell
• Interactive Ruby Shell – for Ruby
• IPython – for Python
• J
• Julia
• Jython
• Macintosh Programmer's Workshop, for Classic Mac OS
• Perl
• PHPsh – shell for PHP
• Prolog
• REBOL
• Red
• REXX
• Scala
• Smalltalk
• Standard ML
• Tclsh – for Tcl
• tkcon shell and IDE for Tcl/Tk
• Windows Script Host
• Wish (Windowing Shell) – forTcl

Software debugging

• DEBUG
• gdb
• DDT, a PDP-10 debugger from DEC used as a command shell for the MIT Incompatible Timesharing System
• Firebug/Chromebug, a JavaScript shell and debugging environment as a Firefox plugin

Database development

• sqsh, a shell available with some SQL implementations for database queries and other tasks.
• Google Shell, a browser-based front-end for Google Search

Scientific and engineering software

• MATLAB
• Wolfram Mathematica
• ROOT

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