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L.1.1Module 1 / Getting Oriented

What is a terminal?

Run a command, read its output, and recognize the basic prompt shape.

~12 min3 exercises

What you'll learn

  • Run your first command (whoami) and read what the terminal prints back.
  • Use date to see how output reflects the sandbox state.
  • Name the four parts of the prompt: user, host, current folder, and command marker.
  • Recognize the read/run/read loop that every terminal command follows.

The first command you'll run

learner@learn-terminal ~ % whoami
learner

That is the whole loop: the prompt waits, a command runs, the terminal prints what came back, and the prompt returns.

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