Describe the meaning of the terms parent shell, child shell, and subshell.
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Any process executing a shell can itself execute another shell that will perform some task and
return to the original shell. This is similar to the parent process and child process paradigm. The
first shell is called the parent to the shell it executes (creates). The new shell is the child to the
original shell. The term subshell is just another way of describing the child shell.
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