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# Shell – A Review

When I was asked by the Editor to provide an article for this issue, I looked for something I could write about that could be useful to many NESQLUG members. This program seemed to meet that criteria. Due to the number of commands and my limited use of this program, the article’s pur- W~ pose is to alert the readers to its existence and hopefully get some of you to experiment with it. I’m sure it has something useful for everyone, 80 give it a try.