diff --git a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/__init__.py b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e1e848a1a8
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+++ b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Chain that interprets a prompt and executes bash code to perform bash operations."""
diff --git a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/base.py b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8ae1e49499
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+++ b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"""Chain that interprets a prompt and executes bash operations."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import logging
+import warnings
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
+
+from langchain.callbacks.manager import CallbackManagerForChainRun
+from langchain.chains.base import Chain
+from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
+from langchain.schema import BasePromptTemplate, OutputParserException
+from langchain.schema.language_model import BaseLanguageModel
+
+from langchain_experimental.llm_bash.bash import BashProcess
+from langchain_experimental.llm_bash.prompt import PROMPT
+from langchain_experimental.pydantic_v1 import Extra, Field, root_validator
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LLMBashChain(Chain):
+    """Chain that interprets a prompt and executes bash operations.
+
+    Example:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            from langchain.chains import LLMBashChain
+            from langchain.llms import OpenAI
+            llm_bash = LLMBashChain.from_llm(OpenAI())
+    """
+
+    llm_chain: LLMChain
+    llm: Optional[BaseLanguageModel] = None
+    """[Deprecated] LLM wrapper to use."""
+    input_key: str = "question"  #: :meta private:
+    output_key: str = "answer"  #: :meta private:
+    prompt: BasePromptTemplate = PROMPT
+    """[Deprecated]"""
+    bash_process: BashProcess = Field(default_factory=BashProcess)  #: :meta private:
+
+    class Config:
+        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
+
+        extra = Extra.forbid
+        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
+
+    @root_validator(pre=True)
+    def raise_deprecation(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
+        if "llm" in values:
+            warnings.warn(
+                "Directly instantiating an LLMBashChain with an llm is deprecated. "
+                "Please instantiate with llm_chain or using the from_llm class method."
+            )
+            if "llm_chain" not in values and values["llm"] is not None:
+                prompt = values.get("prompt", PROMPT)
+                values["llm_chain"] = LLMChain(llm=values["llm"], prompt=prompt)
+        return values
+
+    @root_validator
+    def validate_prompt(cls, values: Dict) -> Dict:
+        if values["llm_chain"].prompt.output_parser is None:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The prompt used by llm_chain is expected to have an output_parser."
+            )
+        return values
+
+    @property
+    def input_keys(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Expect input key.
+
+        :meta private:
+        """
+        return [self.input_key]
+
+    @property
+    def output_keys(self) -> List[str]:
+        """Expect output key.
+
+        :meta private:
+        """
+        return [self.output_key]
+
+    def _call(
+        self,
+        inputs: Dict[str, Any],
+        run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForChainRun] = None,
+    ) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        _run_manager = run_manager or CallbackManagerForChainRun.get_noop_manager()
+        _run_manager.on_text(inputs[self.input_key], verbose=self.verbose)
+
+        t = self.llm_chain.predict(
+            question=inputs[self.input_key], callbacks=_run_manager.get_child()
+        )
+        _run_manager.on_text(t, color="green", verbose=self.verbose)
+        t = t.strip()
+        try:
+            parser = self.llm_chain.prompt.output_parser
+            command_list = parser.parse(t)  # type: ignore[union-attr]
+        except OutputParserException as e:
+            _run_manager.on_chain_error(e, verbose=self.verbose)
+            raise e
+
+        if self.verbose:
+            _run_manager.on_text("\nCode: ", verbose=self.verbose)
+            _run_manager.on_text(
+                str(command_list), color="yellow", verbose=self.verbose
+            )
+        output = self.bash_process.run(command_list)
+        _run_manager.on_text("\nAnswer: ", verbose=self.verbose)
+        _run_manager.on_text(output, color="yellow", verbose=self.verbose)
+        return {self.output_key: output}
+
+    @property
+    def _chain_type(self) -> str:
+        return "llm_bash_chain"
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_llm(
+        cls,
+        llm: BaseLanguageModel,
+        prompt: BasePromptTemplate = PROMPT,
+        **kwargs: Any,
+    ) -> LLMBashChain:
+        llm_chain = LLMChain(llm=llm, prompt=prompt)
+        return cls(llm_chain=llm_chain, **kwargs)
diff --git a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/bash.py b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c6c4fcf71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+"""Wrapper around subprocess to run commands."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import platform
+import re
+import subprocess
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List, Union
+from uuid import uuid4
+
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    import pexpect
+
+
+class BashProcess:
+    """
+    Wrapper class for starting subprocesses.
+    Uses the python built-in subprocesses.run()
+    Persistent processes are **not** available
+    on Windows systems, as pexpect makes use of
+    Unix pseudoterminals (ptys). MacOS and Linux
+    are okay.
+
+    Example:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            from langchain.utilities.bash import BashProcess
+
+            bash = BashProcess(
+                strip_newlines = False,
+                return_err_output = False,
+                persistent = False
+            )
+            bash.run('echo \'hello world\'')
+
+    """
+
+    strip_newlines: bool = False
+    """Whether or not to run .strip() on the output"""
+    return_err_output: bool = False
+    """Whether or not to return the output of a failed
+    command, or just the error message and stacktrace"""
+    persistent: bool = False
+    """Whether or not to spawn a persistent session
+    NOTE: Unavailable for Windows environments"""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        strip_newlines: bool = False,
+        return_err_output: bool = False,
+        persistent: bool = False,
+    ):
+        """
+        Initializes with default settings
+        """
+        self.strip_newlines = strip_newlines
+        self.return_err_output = return_err_output
+        self.prompt = ""
+        self.process = None
+        if persistent:
+            self.prompt = str(uuid4())
+            self.process = self._initialize_persistent_process(self, self.prompt)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _lazy_import_pexpect() -> pexpect:
+        """Import pexpect only when needed."""
+        if platform.system() == "Windows":
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Persistent bash processes are not yet supported on Windows."
+            )
+        try:
+            import pexpect
+
+        except ImportError:
+            raise ImportError(
+                "pexpect required for persistent bash processes."
+                " To install, run `pip install pexpect`."
+            )
+        return pexpect
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _initialize_persistent_process(self: BashProcess, prompt: str) -> pexpect.spawn:
+        # Start bash in a clean environment
+        # Doesn't work on windows
+        """
+        Initializes a persistent bash setting in a
+        clean environment.
+        NOTE: Unavailable on Windows
+
+        Args:
+            Prompt(str): the bash command to execute
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        pexpect = self._lazy_import_pexpect()
+        process = pexpect.spawn(
+            "env", ["-i", "bash", "--norc", "--noprofile"], encoding="utf-8"
+        )
+        # Set the custom prompt
+        process.sendline("PS1=" + prompt)
+
+        process.expect_exact(prompt, timeout=10)
+        return process
+
+    def run(self, commands: Union[str, List[str]]) -> str:
+        """
+        Run commands in either an existing persistent
+        subprocess or on in a new subprocess environment.
+
+        Args:
+            commands(List[str]): a list of commands to
+                execute in the session
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        if isinstance(commands, str):
+            commands = [commands]
+        commands = ";".join(commands)
+        if self.process is not None:
+            return self._run_persistent(
+                commands,
+            )
+        else:
+            return self._run(commands)
+
+    def _run(self, command: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Runs a command in a subprocess and returns
+        the output.
+
+        Args:
+            command: The command to run
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        try:
+            output = subprocess.run(
+                command,
+                shell=True,
+                check=True,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+            ).stdout.decode()
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+            if self.return_err_output:
+                return error.stdout.decode()
+            return str(error)
+        if self.strip_newlines:
+            output = output.strip()
+        return output
+
+    def process_output(self, output: str, command: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Uses regex to remove the command from the output
+
+        Args:
+            output: a process' output string
+            command: the executed command
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        pattern = re.escape(command) + r"\s*\n"
+        output = re.sub(pattern, "", output, count=1)
+        return output.strip()
+
+    def _run_persistent(self, command: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Runs commands in a persistent environment
+        and returns the output.
+
+        Args:
+            command: the command to execute
+        """  # noqa: E501
+        pexpect = self._lazy_import_pexpect()
+        if self.process is None:
+            raise ValueError("Process not initialized")
+        self.process.sendline(command)
+
+        # Clear the output with an empty string
+        self.process.expect(self.prompt, timeout=10)
+        self.process.sendline("")
+
+        try:
+            self.process.expect([self.prompt, pexpect.EOF], timeout=10)
+        except pexpect.TIMEOUT:
+            return f"Timeout error while executing command {command}"
+        if self.process.after == pexpect.EOF:
+            return f"Exited with error status: {self.process.exitstatus}"
+        output = self.process.before
+        output = self.process_output(output, command)
+        if self.strip_newlines:
+            return output.strip()
+        return output
diff --git a/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/prompt.py b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/prompt.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..72951d2fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/experimental/langchain_experimental/llm_bash/prompt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# flake8: noqa
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from typing import List
+
+from langchain.prompts.prompt import PromptTemplate
+from langchain.schema import BaseOutputParser, OutputParserException
+
+_PROMPT_TEMPLATE = """If someone asks you to perform a task, your job is to come up with a series of bash commands that will perform the task. There is no need to put "#!/bin/bash" in your answer. Make sure to reason step by step, using this format:
+
+Question: "copy the files in the directory named 'target' into a new directory at the same level as target called 'myNewDirectory'"
+
+I need to take the following actions:
+- List all files in the directory
+- Create a new directory
+- Copy the files from the first directory into the second directory
+```bash
+ls
+mkdir myNewDirectory
+cp -r target/* myNewDirectory
+```
+
+That is the format. Begin!
+
+Question: {question}"""
+
+
+class BashOutputParser(BaseOutputParser):
+    """Parser for bash output."""
+
+    def parse(self, text: str) -> List[str]:
+        if "```bash" in text:
+            return self.get_code_blocks(text)
+        else:
+            raise OutputParserException(
+                f"Failed to parse bash output. Got: {text}",
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def get_code_blocks(t: str) -> List[str]:
+        """Get multiple code blocks from the LLM result."""
+        code_blocks: List[str] = []
+        # Bash markdown code blocks
+        pattern = re.compile(r"```bash(.*?)(?:\n\s*)```", re.DOTALL)
+        for match in pattern.finditer(t):
+            matched = match.group(1).strip()
+            if matched:
+                code_blocks.extend(
+                    [line for line in matched.split("\n") if line.strip()]
+                )
+
+        return code_blocks
+
+    @property
+    def _type(self) -> str:
+        return "bash"
+
+
+PROMPT = PromptTemplate(
+    input_variables=["question"],
+    template=_PROMPT_TEMPLATE,
+    output_parser=BashOutputParser(),
+)
diff --git a/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_bash.py b/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9acfc865c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+"""Test the bash utility."""
+import re
+import subprocess
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from langchain_experimental.llm_bash.bash import BashProcess
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_pwd_command() -> None:
+    """Test correct functionality."""
+    session = BashProcess()
+    commands = ["pwd"]
+    output = session.run(commands)
+
+    assert output == subprocess.check_output("pwd", shell=True).decode()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="flaky on GHA, TODO to fix")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_pwd_command_persistent() -> None:
+    """Test correct functionality when the bash process is persistent."""
+    session = BashProcess(persistent=True, strip_newlines=True)
+    commands = ["pwd"]
+    output = session.run(commands)
+
+    assert subprocess.check_output("pwd", shell=True).decode().strip() in output
+
+    session.run(["cd .."])
+    new_output = session.run(["pwd"])
+    # Assert that the new_output is a parent of the old output
+    assert Path(output).parent == Path(new_output)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_incorrect_command() -> None:
+    """Test handling of incorrect command."""
+    session = BashProcess()
+    output = session.run(["invalid_command"])
+    assert output == "Command 'invalid_command' returned non-zero exit status 127."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_incorrect_command_return_err_output() -> None:
+    """Test optional returning of shell output on incorrect command."""
+    session = BashProcess(return_err_output=True)
+    output = session.run(["invalid_command"])
+    assert re.match(
+        r"^/bin/sh:.*invalid_command.*(?:not found|Permission denied).*$", output
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_create_directory_and_files(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
+    """Test creation of a directory and files in a temporary directory."""
+    session = BashProcess(strip_newlines=True)
+
+    # create a subdirectory in the temporary directory
+    temp_dir = tmp_path / "test_dir"
+    temp_dir.mkdir()
+
+    # run the commands in the temporary directory
+    commands = [
+        f"touch {temp_dir}/file1.txt",
+        f"touch {temp_dir}/file2.txt",
+        f"echo 'hello world' > {temp_dir}/file2.txt",
+        f"cat {temp_dir}/file2.txt",
+    ]
+
+    output = session.run(commands)
+    assert output == "hello world"
+
+    # check that the files were created in the temporary directory
+    output = session.run([f"ls {temp_dir}"])
+    assert output == "file1.txt\nfile2.txt"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="flaky on GHA, TODO to fix")
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_create_bash_persistent() -> None:
+    """Test the pexpect persistent bash terminal"""
+    session = BashProcess(persistent=True)
+    response = session.run("echo hello")
+    response += session.run("echo world")
+
+    assert "hello" in response
+    assert "world" in response
diff --git a/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_llm_bash.py b/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_llm_bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5f7dc3fb85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/experimental/tests/unit_tests/test_llm_bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+"""Test LLM Bash functionality."""
+import sys
+
+import pytest
+from langchain.schema import OutputParserException
+
+from langchain_experimental.llm_bash.base import LLMBashChain
+from langchain_experimental.llm_bash.prompt import _PROMPT_TEMPLATE, BashOutputParser
+from tests.unit_tests.fake_llm import FakeLLM
+
+_SAMPLE_CODE = """
+Unrelated text
+```bash
+echo hello
+```
+Unrelated text
+"""
+
+
+_SAMPLE_CODE_2_LINES = """
+Unrelated text
+```bash
+echo hello
+
+echo world
+```
+Unrelated text
+"""
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def output_parser() -> BashOutputParser:
+    """Output parser for testing."""
+    return BashOutputParser()
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    sys.platform.startswith("win"), reason="Test not supported on Windows"
+)
+def test_simple_question() -> None:
+    """Test simple question that should not need python."""
+    question = "Please write a bash script that prints 'Hello World' to the console."
+    prompt = _PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(question=question)
+    queries = {prompt: "```bash\nexpr 1 + 1\n```"}
+    fake_llm = FakeLLM(queries=queries)
+    fake_llm_bash_chain = LLMBashChain.from_llm(fake_llm, input_key="q", output_key="a")
+    output = fake_llm_bash_chain.run(question)
+    assert output == "2\n"
+
+
+def test_get_code(output_parser: BashOutputParser) -> None:
+    """Test the parser."""
+    code_lines = output_parser.parse(_SAMPLE_CODE)
+    code = [c for c in code_lines if c.strip()]
+    assert code == code_lines
+    assert code == ["echo hello"]
+
+    code_lines = output_parser.parse(_SAMPLE_CODE + _SAMPLE_CODE_2_LINES)
+    assert code_lines == ["echo hello", "echo hello", "echo world"]
+
+
+def test_parsing_error() -> None:
+    """Test that LLM Output without a bash block raises an exce"""
+    question = "Please echo 'hello world' to the terminal."
+    prompt = _PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(question=question)
+    queries = {
+        prompt: """
+```text
+echo 'hello world'
+```
+"""
+    }
+    fake_llm = FakeLLM(queries=queries)
+    fake_llm_bash_chain = LLMBashChain.from_llm(fake_llm, input_key="q", output_key="a")
+    with pytest.raises(OutputParserException):
+        fake_llm_bash_chain.run(question)
+
+
+def test_get_code_lines_mixed_blocks(output_parser: BashOutputParser) -> None:
+    text = """
+Unrelated text
+```bash
+echo hello
+ls && pwd && ls
+```
+
+```python
+print("hello")
+```
+
+```bash
+echo goodbye
+```
+"""
+    code_lines = output_parser.parse(text)
+    assert code_lines == ["echo hello", "ls && pwd && ls", "echo goodbye"]
+
+
+def test_get_code_lines_simple_nested_ticks(output_parser: BashOutputParser) -> None:
+    """Test that backticks w/o a newline are ignored."""
+    text = """
+Unrelated text
+```bash
+echo hello
+echo "```bash is in this string```"
+```
+"""
+    code_lines = output_parser.parse(text)
+    assert code_lines == ["echo hello", 'echo "```bash is in this string```"']