diff --git a/Userland/Shell/AST.cpp b/Userland/Shell/AST.cpp
index 8d87ec3104..aad68b4467 100644
--- a/Userland/Shell/AST.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Shell/AST.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ ErrorOr<void> AK::Formatter<Shell::AST::Command>::format(FormatBuilder& builder,
 
 namespace Shell::AST {
 
-static inline void print_indented(const String& str, int indent)
+static inline void print_indented(StringView str, int indent)
 {
     dbgln("{}{}", String::repeated(' ', indent * 2), str);
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Shell/Builtin.cpp b/Userland/Shell/Builtin.cpp
index baf863c88f..426b8c158a 100644
--- a/Userland/Shell/Builtin.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Shell/Builtin.cpp
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ int Shell::builtin_bg(int argc, const char** argv)
         .name = "job-id",
         .min_values = 0,
         .max_values = 1,
-        .accept_value = [&](const String& value) -> bool {
+        .accept_value = [&](StringView value) -> bool {
             // Check if it's a pid (i.e. literal integer)
             if (auto number = value.to_uint(); number.has_value()) {
                 job_id = number.value();
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ int Shell::builtin_fg(int argc, const char** argv)
         .name = "job-id",
         .min_values = 0,
         .max_values = 1,
-        .accept_value = [&](const String& value) -> bool {
+        .accept_value = [&](StringView value) -> bool {
             // Check if it's a pid (i.e. literal integer)
             if (auto number = value.to_uint(); number.has_value()) {
                 job_id = number.value();
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ int Shell::builtin_disown(int argc, const char** argv)
         .name = "job-id",
         .min_values = 0,
         .max_values = INT_MAX,
-        .accept_value = [&](const String& value) -> bool {
+        .accept_value = [&](StringView value) -> bool {
             // Check if it's a pid (i.e. literal integer)
             if (auto number = value.to_uint(); number.has_value()) {
                 job_ids.append(number.value());
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ int Shell::builtin_wait(int argc, const char** argv)
         .name = "job-id",
         .min_values = 0,
         .max_values = INT_MAX,
-        .accept_value = [&](const String& value) -> bool {
+        .accept_value = [&](StringView value) -> bool {
             // Check if it's a pid (i.e. literal integer)
             if (auto number = value.to_uint(); number.has_value()) {
                 job_ids.append(number.value());
diff --git a/Userland/Shell/Shell.cpp b/Userland/Shell/Shell.cpp
index 28580ab6b6..4a8afde4fe 100644
--- a/Userland/Shell/Shell.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Shell/Shell.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, the SerenityOS developers.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2022, the SerenityOS developers.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ void Shell::setup_signals()
     }
 }
 
-void Shell::print_path(const String& path)
+void Shell::print_path(StringView path)
 {
     if (s_disable_hyperlinks || !m_is_interactive) {
-        printf("%s", path.characters());
+        out("{}", path);
         return;
     }
     auto url = URL::create_with_file_scheme(path, {}, hostname);
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ String Shell::prompt() const
     return build_prompt();
 }
 
-String Shell::expand_tilde(const String& expression)
+String Shell::expand_tilde(StringView expression)
 {
     VERIFY(expression.starts_with('~'));
 
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ String Shell::resolve_path(String path) const
     return Core::File::real_path_for(path);
 }
 
-Shell::LocalFrame* Shell::find_frame_containing_local_variable(const String& name)
+Shell::LocalFrame* Shell::find_frame_containing_local_variable(StringView name)
 {
     for (size_t i = m_local_frames.size(); i > 0; --i) {
         auto& frame = m_local_frames[i - 1];
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ Shell::LocalFrame* Shell::find_frame_containing_local_variable(const String& nam
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-RefPtr<AST::Value> Shell::lookup_local_variable(const String& name) const
+RefPtr<AST::Value> Shell::lookup_local_variable(StringView name) const
 {
     if (auto* frame = find_frame_containing_local_variable(name))
         return frame->local_variables.get(name).value();
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ RefPtr<AST::Value> Shell::get_argument(size_t index) const
     return nullptr;
 }
 
-String Shell::local_variable_or(const String& name, const String& replacement) const
+String Shell::local_variable_or(StringView name, const String& replacement) const
 {
     auto value = lookup_local_variable(name);
     if (value) {
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ void Shell::set_local_variable(const String& name, RefPtr<AST::Value> value, boo
     m_local_frames.last().local_variables.set(name, move(value));
 }
 
-void Shell::unset_local_variable(const String& name, bool only_in_current_frame)
+void Shell::unset_local_variable(StringView name, bool only_in_current_frame)
 {
     if (!only_in_current_frame) {
         if (auto* frame = find_frame_containing_local_variable(name))
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ void Shell::define_function(String name, Vector<String> argnames, RefPtr<AST::No
     m_functions.set(name, { name, move(argnames), move(body) });
 }
 
-bool Shell::has_function(const String& name)
+bool Shell::has_function(StringView name)
 {
     return m_functions.contains(name);
 }
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ Shell::Frame::~Frame()
     (void)frames.take_last();
 }
 
-String Shell::resolve_alias(const String& name) const
+String Shell::resolve_alias(StringView name) const
 {
     return m_aliases.get(name).value_or({});
 }
@@ -521,11 +521,7 @@ bool Shell::is_runnable(StringView name)
     if (parts.size() > 1 && access(path.characters(), X_OK) == 0)
         return true;
 
-    return binary_search(
-        cached_path.span(),
-        path,
-        nullptr,
-        [](auto& name, auto& program) { return strcmp(name.characters(), program.characters()); });
+    return binary_search(cached_path.span(), path, nullptr);
 }
 
 int Shell::run_command(StringView cmd, Optional<SourcePosition> source_position_override)
@@ -1094,7 +1090,7 @@ String Shell::get_history_path()
     return String::formatted("{}/.history", home);
 }
 
-String Shell::escape_token_for_single_quotes(const String& token)
+String Shell::escape_token_for_single_quotes(StringView token)
 {
     // `foo bar \n '` -> `'foo bar \n '"'"`
 
@@ -1124,7 +1120,7 @@ String Shell::escape_token_for_single_quotes(const String& token)
     return builder.build();
 }
 
-String Shell::escape_token_for_double_quotes(const String& token)
+String Shell::escape_token_for_double_quotes(StringView token)
 {
     // `foo bar \n $x 'blah "hello` -> `"foo bar \\n $x 'blah \"hello"`
 
@@ -1180,7 +1176,7 @@ Shell::SpecialCharacterEscapeMode Shell::special_character_escape_mode(u32 code_
     }
 }
 
-String Shell::escape_token(const String& token)
+String Shell::escape_token(StringView token)
 {
     auto do_escape = [](auto& token) {
         StringBuilder builder;
@@ -1230,7 +1226,7 @@ String Shell::escape_token(const String& token)
     return do_escape(token);
 }
 
-String Shell::unescape_token(const String& token)
+String Shell::unescape_token(StringView token)
 {
     StringBuilder builder;
 
@@ -1332,11 +1328,7 @@ void Shell::cache_path()
 void Shell::add_entry_to_cache(const String& entry)
 {
     size_t index = 0;
-    auto match = binary_search(
-        cached_path.span(),
-        entry,
-        &index,
-        [](auto& name, auto& program) { return strcmp(name.characters(), program.characters()); });
+    auto match = binary_search(cached_path.span(), entry, &index);
 
     if (match)
         return;
@@ -1347,14 +1339,10 @@ void Shell::add_entry_to_cache(const String& entry)
     cached_path.insert(index, entry);
 }
 
-void Shell::remove_entry_from_cache(const String& entry)
+void Shell::remove_entry_from_cache(StringView entry)
 {
     size_t index { 0 };
-    auto match = binary_search(
-        cached_path.span(),
-        entry,
-        &index,
-        [](const auto& a, const auto& b) { return strcmp(a.characters(), b.characters()); });
+    auto match = binary_search(cached_path.span(), entry, &index);
 
     if (match)
         cached_path.remove(index);
@@ -1384,8 +1372,8 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete()
     return ast->complete_for_editor(*this, line.length());
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_path(const String& base,
-    const String& part, size_t offset, ExecutableOnly executable_only)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_path(StringView base,
+    StringView part, size_t offset, ExecutableOnly executable_only)
 {
     auto token = offset ? part.substring_view(0, offset) : "";
     String path;
@@ -1459,13 +1447,13 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_path(const String& base,
     return suggestions;
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_program_name(const String& name, size_t offset)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_program_name(StringView name, size_t offset)
 {
     auto match = binary_search(
         cached_path.span(),
         name,
         nullptr,
-        [](auto& name, auto& program) { return strncmp(name.characters(), program.characters(), name.length()); });
+        [](auto& name, auto& program) { return name.compare(program.view()); });
 
     if (!match)
         return complete_path("", name, offset, ExecutableOnly::Yes);
@@ -1496,7 +1484,7 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_program_name(const String& na
     return suggestions;
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_variable(const String& name, size_t offset)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_variable(StringView name, size_t offset)
 {
     Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> suggestions;
     auto pattern = offset ? name.substring_view(0, offset) : "";
@@ -1530,7 +1518,7 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_variable(const String& name,
     return suggestions;
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_user(const String& name, size_t offset)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_user(StringView name, size_t offset)
 {
     Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> suggestions;
     auto pattern = offset ? name.substring_view(0, offset) : "";
@@ -1554,7 +1542,7 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_user(const String& name, size
     return suggestions;
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_option(const String& program_name, const String& option, size_t offset)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_option(StringView program_name, StringView option, size_t offset)
 {
     size_t start = 0;
     while (start < option.length() && option[start] == '-' && start < 2)
@@ -1585,10 +1573,10 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_option(const String& program_
                 builder.append(view);
                 return builder.to_string();
             };
-#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_OPTION(name, d_, descr_)          \
-    if (StringView { #name }.starts_with(option_pattern)) { \
-        suggestions.append(maybe_negate(#name));            \
-        suggestions.last().input_offset = offset;           \
+#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_OPTION(name, d_, descr_) \
+    if (#name##sv.starts_with(option_pattern)) {   \
+        suggestions.append(maybe_negate(#name));   \
+        suggestions.last().input_offset = offset;  \
     }
 
             ENUMERATE_SHELL_OPTIONS();
@@ -1599,14 +1587,14 @@ Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_option(const String& program_
     return suggestions;
 }
 
-Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_immediate_function_name(const String& name, size_t offset)
+Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> Shell::complete_immediate_function_name(StringView name, size_t offset)
 {
     Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> suggestions;
 
-#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_IMMEDIATE_FUNCTION(fn_name)                            \
-    if (auto name_view = StringView { #fn_name }; name_view.starts_with(name)) { \
-        suggestions.append({ name_view, " " });                                  \
-        suggestions.last().input_offset = offset;                                \
+#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_IMMEDIATE_FUNCTION(fn_name)                 \
+    if (auto name_view = #fn_name##sv; name_view.starts_with(name)) { \
+        suggestions.append({ name_view, " " });                       \
+        suggestions.last().input_offset = offset;                     \
     }
 
     ENUMERATE_SHELL_IMMEDIATE_FUNCTIONS();
@@ -2080,7 +2068,7 @@ void Shell::possibly_print_error() const
     warnln();
 }
 
-Optional<int> Shell::resolve_job_spec(const String& str)
+Optional<int> Shell::resolve_job_spec(StringView str)
 {
     if (!str.starts_with('%'))
         return {};
diff --git a/Userland/Shell/Shell.h b/Userland/Shell/Shell.h
index 12e2f222a9..9a920cd42b 100644
--- a/Userland/Shell/Shell.h
+++ b/Userland/Shell/Shell.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2021, the SerenityOS developers.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2022, the SerenityOS developers.
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  */
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@
 
 #include "Job.h"
 #include "Parser.h"
+#include <AK/Array.h>
 #include <AK/CircularQueue.h>
 #include <AK/HashMap.h>
 #include <AK/NonnullOwnPtrVector.h>
 #include <AK/String.h>
 #include <AK/StringBuilder.h>
+#include <AK/StringView.h>
 #include <AK/Types.h>
 #include <AK/Vector.h>
 #include <LibCore/Notifier.h>
@@ -99,25 +101,25 @@ public:
     void block_on_pipeline(RefPtr<AST::Pipeline>);
     String prompt() const;
 
-    static String expand_tilde(const String&);
+    static String expand_tilde(StringView expression);
     static Vector<String> expand_globs(StringView path, StringView base);
     static Vector<String> expand_globs(Vector<StringView> path_segments, StringView base);
     Vector<AST::Command> expand_aliases(Vector<AST::Command>);
     String resolve_path(String) const;
-    String resolve_alias(const String&) const;
+    String resolve_alias(StringView) const;
 
     static String find_in_path(StringView program_name);
 
     static bool has_history_event(StringView);
 
     RefPtr<AST::Value> get_argument(size_t) const;
-    RefPtr<AST::Value> lookup_local_variable(const String&) const;
-    String local_variable_or(const String&, const String&) const;
+    RefPtr<AST::Value> lookup_local_variable(StringView) const;
+    String local_variable_or(StringView, const String&) const;
     void set_local_variable(const String&, RefPtr<AST::Value>, bool only_in_current_frame = false);
-    void unset_local_variable(const String&, bool only_in_current_frame = false);
+    void unset_local_variable(StringView, bool only_in_current_frame = false);
 
     void define_function(String name, Vector<String> argnames, RefPtr<AST::Node> body);
-    bool has_function(const String&);
+    bool has_function(StringView);
     bool invoke_function(const AST::Command&, int& retval);
 
     String format(StringView, ssize_t& cursor) const;
@@ -154,10 +156,10 @@ public:
     [[nodiscard]] Frame push_frame(String name);
     void pop_frame();
 
-    static String escape_token_for_double_quotes(const String& token);
-    static String escape_token_for_single_quotes(const String& token);
-    static String escape_token(const String& token);
-    static String unescape_token(const String& token);
+    static String escape_token_for_double_quotes(StringView token);
+    static String escape_token_for_single_quotes(StringView token);
+    static String escape_token(StringView token);
+    static String unescape_token(StringView token);
     enum class SpecialCharacterEscapeMode {
         Untouched,
         Escaped,
@@ -176,12 +178,12 @@ public:
 
     void highlight(Line::Editor&) const;
     Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete();
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_path(const String& base, const String&, size_t offset, ExecutableOnly executable_only);
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_program_name(const String&, size_t offset);
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_variable(const String&, size_t offset);
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_user(const String&, size_t offset);
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_option(const String&, const String&, size_t offset);
-    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_immediate_function_name(const String&, size_t offset);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_path(StringView base, StringView, size_t offset, ExecutableOnly executable_only);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_program_name(StringView, size_t offset);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_variable(StringView, size_t offset);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_user(StringView, size_t offset);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_option(StringView, StringView, size_t offset);
+    Vector<Line::CompletionSuggestion> complete_immediate_function_name(StringView, size_t offset);
 
     void restore_ios();
 
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ public:
     void kill_job(const Job*, int sig);
 
     String get_history_path();
-    void print_path(const String& path);
+    void print_path(StringView path);
 
     bool read_single_line();
 
@@ -293,14 +295,14 @@ private:
     void save_to(JsonObject&);
     void bring_cursor_to_beginning_of_a_line() const;
 
-    Optional<int> resolve_job_spec(const String&);
+    Optional<int> resolve_job_spec(StringView);
     void cache_path();
     void add_entry_to_cache(const String&);
-    void remove_entry_from_cache(const String&);
+    void remove_entry_from_cache(StringView);
     void stop_all_jobs();
     const Job* m_current_job { nullptr };
-    LocalFrame* find_frame_containing_local_variable(const String& name);
-    const LocalFrame* find_frame_containing_local_variable(const String& name) const
+    LocalFrame* find_frame_containing_local_variable(StringView name);
+    const LocalFrame* find_frame_containing_local_variable(StringView name) const
     {
         return const_cast<Shell*>(this)->find_frame_containing_local_variable(name);
     }
@@ -328,14 +330,14 @@ private:
 
 #undef __ENUMERATE_SHELL_BUILTIN
 
-    constexpr static const char* builtin_names[] = {
-#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_BUILTIN(builtin) #builtin,
+    static constexpr Array builtin_names = {
+#define __ENUMERATE_SHELL_BUILTIN(builtin) #builtin##sv,
 
         ENUMERATE_SHELL_BUILTINS()
 
 #undef __ENUMERATE_SHELL_BUILTIN
 
-            ":", // POSIX-y name for "noop".
+            ":"sv, // POSIX-y name for "noop".
     };
 
     bool m_should_ignore_jobs_on_next_exit { false };
@@ -376,7 +378,7 @@ private:
     return c == '_' || (c <= 'Z' && c >= 'A') || (c <= 'z' && c >= 'a') || (c <= '9' && c >= '0');
 }
 
-inline size_t find_offset_into_node(const String& unescaped_text, size_t escaped_offset)
+inline size_t find_offset_into_node(StringView unescaped_text, size_t escaped_offset)
 {
     size_t unescaped_offset = 0;
     size_t offset = 0;