Command shell originating on Unix. In Azure Cloud Shell you can pick a Bash session that already has the Azure CLI, and scripts written with the Azure CLI look a lot like ordinary Bash.
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Terms in this definition
- Azure Cloud Shell
A terminal running in the browser, already signed in to Azure, with a choice of Bash or PowerShell and both Azure command-line toolsets ready. It is somewhere to run commands rather than a language, and only its optional storage costs money.
- Azure CLI
Command-line tool for managing Azure that runs on any platform; examples include
az login,az storage queueandaz policy state trigger-scan. - LIKE
Compares strings with a pattern that can contain the % and _ wildcards. Because it only understands character patterns, searching big volumes of text this way is much slower than using full-text search.
Related terms
- Custom Script Extension
Runs PowerShell or Bash scripts on a VM after pulling them from GitHub, Azure Storage or another location the VM can reach; a common use is installing NGINX or IIS.
- macOS shell scripts
Scripts in zsh or Bash, run by Intune's agent on Macs that are enrolled.