diff --git a/docs/examples/chains/llm_bash.ipynb b/docs/examples/chains/llm_bash.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9d27fc9744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/examples/chains/llm_bash.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "source": [
+    "# LLM Chain\n",
+    "This notebook showcases using LLMs and a bash process to do perform simple filesystem commands."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": 2,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [
+    {
+     "name": "stdout",
+     "output_type": "stream",
+     "text": [
+      "\n",
+      "\n",
+      "\u001b[1m> Entering new LLMBashChain chain...\u001b[0m\n",
+      "Please write a bash script that prints 'Hello World' to the console.\u001b[32;1m\u001b[1;3m\n",
+      "\n",
+      "```bash\n",
+      "echo \"Hello World\"\n",
+      "```\u001b[0m\n",
+      "Answer: \u001b[33;1m\u001b[1;3m{'success': True, 'outputs': ['Hello World\\n']}\u001b[0m\n",
+      "\u001b[1m> Finished LLMBashChain chain.\u001b[0m\n"
+     ]
+    },
+    {
+     "data": {
+      "text/plain": [
+       "{'commands': ['echo \"Hello World\"'],\n",
+       " 'output': {'success': True, 'outputs': ['Hello World\\n']}}"
+      ]
+     },
+     "execution_count": 2,
+     "metadata": {},
+     "output_type": "execute_result"
+    }
+   ],
+   "source": [
+    "from langchain.chains.llm_bash.base import LLMBashChain\n",
+    "from langchain.llms import OpenAI\n",
+    "\n",
+    "llm = OpenAI(temperature=0)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "text = \"Please write a bash script that prints 'Hello World' to the console.\"\n",
+    "\n",
+    "bash_chain = LLMBashChain(llm=llm, verbose=True)\n",
+    "\n",
+    "bash_chain.run(text)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": []
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3 (ipykernel)",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
+  "language_info": {
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.9.6"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 4
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/langchain/__init__.py b/langchain/__init__.py
index 9f0b4b79a52..7b8d028a58e 100644
--- a/langchain/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from langchain.agents import MRKLChain, ReActChain, SelfAskWithSearchChain
 from langchain.chains import (
     ConversationChain,
     LLMChain,
+    LLMBashChain,
     LLMMathChain,
     PALChain,
     QAWithSourcesChain,
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ from langchain.vectorstores import FAISS, ElasticVectorSearch
 
 __all__ = [
     "LLMChain",
+    "LLMBashChain",
     "LLMMathChain",
     "SelfAskWithSearchChain",
     "SerpAPIWrapper",
diff --git a/langchain/chains/__init__.py b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
index 8b76937e5f3..9d1ccdea0b4 100644
--- a/langchain/chains/__init__.py
+++ b/langchain/chains/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 from langchain.chains.api.base import APIChain
 from langchain.chains.conversation.base import ConversationChain
 from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
+from langchain.chains.llm_bash.base import LLMBashChain
 from langchain.chains.llm_math.base import LLMMathChain
 from langchain.chains.llm_requests import LLMRequestsChain
 from langchain.chains.pal.base import PALChain
@@ -12,16 +13,18 @@ from langchain.chains.sql_database.base import SQLDatabaseChain
 from langchain.chains.vector_db_qa.base import VectorDBQA
 
 __all__ = [
+    "APIChain",
+    "ConversationChain",
     "LLMChain",
+    "LLMBashChain",
     "LLMMathChain",
+    "PALChain",
+    "QAWithSourcesChain",
     "SQLDatabaseChain",
-    "VectorDBQA",
     "SequentialChain",
     "SimpleSequentialChain",
-    "ConversationChain",
-    "QAWithSourcesChain",
+    "VectorDBQA",
     "VectorDBQAWithSourcesChain",
-    "PALChain",
     "APIChain",
     "LLMRequestsChain",
 ]
diff --git a/langchain/chains/llm_bash/base.py b/langchain/chains/llm_bash/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6828d1193ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/chains/llm_bash/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+from typing import Dict, List
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Extra
+
+from langchain.chains.base import Chain
+from langchain.chains.llm import LLMChain
+from langchain.chains.llm_bash.prompt import PROMPT
+from langchain.utilities.bash import BashProcess
+from langchain.input import print_text
+from langchain.llms.base import LLM
+
+
+class LLMBashChain(Chain, BaseModel):
+    """Chain that interprets a prompt and executes bash code to perform bash operations.
+
+    Example:
+        .. code-block:: python
+
+            from langchain import LLMBashChain, OpenAI
+            llm_bash = LLMBashChain(llm=OpenAI())
+    """
+
+    llm: LLM
+    """LLM wrapper to use."""
+    input_key: str = "question"  #: :meta private:
+    output_key: str = "answer"  #: :meta private:
+
+    class Config:
+        """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
+
+        extra = Extra.forbid
+        arbitrary_types_allowed = True
+
+    @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, str]) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, list[str]]]:
+        llm_executor = LLMChain(prompt=PROMPT, llm=self.llm)
+        bash_executor = BashProcess()
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(inputs[self.input_key])
+
+        t = llm_executor.predict(question=inputs[self.input_key])
+        if self.verbose:
+            print_text(t, color="green")
+
+        t = t.strip()
+        if t.startswith("```bash"):
+            # Split the string into a list of substrings
+            command_list = t.split('\n')
+            print(command_list)
+
+            # Remove the first and last substrings
+            command_list = [s for s in command_list[1:-1]]
+            output = bash_executor.run(command_list)
+
+            if self.verbose:
+                print_text("\nAnswer: ")
+                print_text(output, color="yellow")
+
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"unknown format from LLM: {t}")
+        answer = {"commands": command_list, "output": output}
+        return {self.output_key: answer}
diff --git a/langchain/chains/llm_bash/prompt.py b/langchain/chains/llm_bash/prompt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27dcbe57aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/chains/llm_bash/prompt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# flake8: noqa
+from langchain.prompts.prompt import PromptTemplate
+
+_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}"""
+
+PROMPT = PromptTemplate(input_variables=["question"], template=_PROMPT_TEMPLATE)
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/__init__.py b/langchain/utilities/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e19d8854683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/utilities/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+from langchain.utilities.bash import BashProcess
+
+
+__all__ = [
+    'BashProcess',
+]
diff --git a/langchain/utilities/bash.py b/langchain/utilities/bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dd12f41d74a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/langchain/utilities/bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import subprocess
+from typing import Dict, List, Union
+
+class BashProcess:
+    """Executes bash commands and returns the output."""
+
+    def __init__(self, strip_newlines: bool = False):
+        self.strip_newlines = strip_newlines
+
+
+    def run(self, commands: List[str]) -> Dict[str, Union[bool, list[str]]]:
+        outputs = []
+        for command in commands:
+            try:
+                output = subprocess.check_output(command, shell=True).decode()
+                if self.strip_newlines:
+                    output = output.strip()
+                outputs.append(output)
+            except subprocess.CalledProcessError as error:
+                outputs.append(str(error))
+                return {"success": False, "outputs": outputs}
+
+        return {"success": True, "outputs": outputs}
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_bash.py b/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e7420240575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import subprocess
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from langchain.utilities.bash import BashProcess
+
+def test_pwd_command() -> None:
+    """Test correct functionality."""
+    session = BashProcess()
+    commands = ["pwd"]
+    output = session.run(commands)
+    print(output)
+
+    assert output["outputs"] == [subprocess.check_output("pwd", shell=True).decode()]
+
+def test_incorrect_command() -> None:
+    """Test handling of incorrect command."""
+    session = BashProcess()
+    output = session.run(["invalid_command"])
+    assert output["success"] is False
+
+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["success"] is True
+    assert output["outputs"][-1] == "hello world"
+
+    # check that the files were created in the temporary directory
+    output = session.run([f"ls {temp_dir}"])
+    assert output["success"] is True
+    assert output["outputs"] == ["file1.txt\nfile2.txt"]
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_llm_bash.py b/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_llm_bash.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..64123b105b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/chains/test_llm_bash.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Test LLM Bash functionality."""
+
+import pytest
+
+from langchain.chains.llm_bash.base import LLMBashChain
+from langchain.chains.llm_bash.prompt import _PROMPT_TEMPLATE
+from tests.unit_tests.llms.fake_llm import FakeLLM
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def fake_llm_bash_chain() -> LLMBashChain:
+    """Fake LLM Bash chain for testing."""
+    queries = {
+        _PROMPT_TEMPLATE.format(question="Please write a bash script that prints 'Hello World' to the console."): "```bash\nexpr 1 + 1\n```",
+    }
+    fake_llm = FakeLLM(queries=queries)
+    return LLMBashChain(llm=fake_llm, input_key="q", output_key="a")
+
+
+def test_simple_question(fake_llm_bash_chain: LLMBashChain) -> None:
+    """Test simple question that should not need python."""
+    question = "Please write a bash script that prints 'Hello World' to the console."
+    output = fake_llm_bash_chain.run(question)
+    assert output == {'commands': ['expr 1 + 1'], 'output': {'outputs': ['2\n'], 'success': True}}