linux terminal Introduction to Linux MOC


The Linux GUI is an abstraction of the terminal. Unlike Windows PowerShell, the terminal can completely manipulate the OS.

Prompt

The prompt can be customized and receives input

The prompt corban@cyber:~$ shows that there is a user account “corban”, the hostname is “cyber”, and the current directory is the home folder (”~”).

If the prompt is run as root, the ”$” typically becomes ”#”, as in corban@cyber:~#

Shell

The shell runs the programs. The most common is bash.

Bash stands for Bourne Again Shell, and the default path is /bin/bash