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A _shell_ is a computer program that presents a command line interface which allows you to control your computer using commands entered with a keyboard instead of controlling graphical user interfaces (GUIs) with a mouse/keyboard/touchscreen combination.

There are many reasons to learn about the shell:
Advantages of using the shell:

* Bioinformatics tools can only be used through command line, or have more features compared to the GUI.
* Used for boring, repetitive tasks.
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* Large amount of computational power and memory space is better.


> Question:
>> What would be the advantages of using a GUI?
In this lesson you will learn how to use the command line interface to move around in your file system.

How to access the shell
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