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6
The Command Line Prompt
When y ou are w orking within a windo w, or with the No Windows option of
HP VUE, whenev er y ou see the command line prompt, y ou can b egin t yping
commands. If y ou are logged in as user (as opp osed to r o ot ) , the command
line prompt is either $ or % , dep ending on y our shell. HP-UX displays the
prompt ev ery time it nishes pro cessing the information en tered on the
command line.
Running Commands
T o run a command, t yp e the command's name after the prompt and press
4
Return
5. The command then will b egin running. When the command nishes,
the prompt reapp ears. F or example, run the follo wing whoami command no w:
$ whoami 4 Return 5
leslie Y our user name app e ars her e.
$ Then the c ommand line pr ompt r e app e ars.
If y ou make a mistak e when t yping a command, use the 4 Back space 5 k ey to bac k
up and correct it.
(T o make examples as clear as p ossible, this b o ok will not sho w the 4 Return 5 k ey
at the end of eac h command line.)
6-2 Using the Command Line