From the course: Azure Data Studio Essential Training

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Terminal basics

Terminal basics

- [Instructor] Many of the tasks that database developers need to accomplish happen on the command line. Azure Data Studio includes an integrated terminal so that these tasks can be performed right inside of the program without having to switch to a different application. To start up the terminal, you can find it in the View menu and come down, there's an option for a terminal here. Or you can use the Ctrl + ' shortcut. The terminal appears in the panel at the bottom of the screen, along with the problems panel, as well as the query history panel that we enabled earlier through an extension. Now, the terminal that runs will be slightly different, depending on the operating system that you're using. On MacOS, it's going to default to Z shell. On Linux, it'll use the bash shell. And on Windows, it'll default to PowerShell. The exact shell that loads can be altered in the user settings file if you prefer a different…

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