Linux Terminal

Linux Terminal

What is a terminal??

A terminal is a program which runs a Shell.Terminal(Terminal emulator) is a text window (GUI : graphical user interface) works as input medium of commands and also output medium for results that return from Kernel.

Why do we need the terminal??

When we have a work with an operating system, so we need a Terminal with Shell as a tunnel to go deep into Kernel which it executes our instructions in an operating system.

A Linux console terminal is similar to a command line in Windows but it differs in that it can perform any operation on the system as Linux is open source.



The advantages of Terminal are

  • Extensive, system-wide configuration and administration
  • File and folder administration
  • The ability to access, transfer and share data between machines
  • Extensive system monitoring

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