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[[File:Plan 9 from Bell Labs (process management).png|thumb|An rc session]]

'''rc''' (for "[[run commands]]") is the [[command line interpreter]] for [[Version 10 Unix]] and [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs]] [[operating system]]s. It resembles the [[Bourne shell]], but its syntax is somewhat simpler. It was created by [[Tom Duff]], who is better known for an unusual [[C (programming language)|C programming language]] construct ("[[Duff's device]]").<ref name=RCTD>{{cite book |last1=Duff |first1=Tom |title=Rc — The Plan 9 Shell |url=http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/rc|work=Plan 9, 4th edition |date=1995}} ([https://www.scs.stanford.edu/nyu/04fa/sched/readings/rc.pdf PDF])</ref>

A port of the original rc to Unix is part of [[Plan 9 from User Space]]. A rewrite of rc for [[Unix-like]] operating systems by Byron Rakitzis is also available but includes some incompatible changes.