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$SystemShell

is a symbol that specifies the system shell for the OS that is currently being used.

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$SystemShell

$SystemShell

is a symbol that specifies the system shell for the OS that is currently being used.

Examples

Basic Examples  (2)

Show the system shell value:

Wolfram Language code: $SystemShell

Run the echo command in the system shell:

Wolfram Language code: RunProcess[$SystemShell, "StandardOutput", "echo hello world exit "]
Wolfram Research (2014), $SystemShell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html.

Text

Wolfram Research (2014), $SystemShell, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "$SystemShell." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). $SystemShell. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html

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@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_$systemshell, author="Wolfram Research", title="{$SystemShell}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html}", note=[Accessed: 05-October-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_$systemshell, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={$SystemShell}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/$SystemShell.html}, note=[Accessed: 05-October-2026]}