---
layout: component
title: "Shell command"
description: "Instructions how to integrate Shell commands into Home Assistant."
date: 2015-10-13 19:10
sidebar: true
comments: false
sharing: true
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ha_category: Automation
---


This component can expose regular shell commands as services.

```yaml
# Example configuration.yaml entry
shell_command:
  restart_pow: touch ~/.pow/restart.txt
```

Configuration variables:

- Alias for the command and the command itself.