# lish(1) -- a limited shell

DevFeed: [lish(1) -- a limited shell](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/lish-1-a-limited-shell-30070.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<http://www.netmeister.org/blog/lish.html>)

Published: 2014-11-01T17:34:38Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Signs of Triviality](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/signs-of-triviality.md>)

Topics: [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [execution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/execution.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [simple](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/simple.md>)

## AI overview

lish(1) is a simple, restricted command-line interpreter that permits execution of only a fixed set of commands.

## Source excerpt

lish(1) implements a very simple, restricted command-line interpreter or shell to allow execution of only a fixed set of commands.