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This document provides a brief description of the <trademark>Linux</trademark> command line. It is not a complete guide, but rather an introduction to complement <phrase>Kubuntu</phrase>'s graphical tools.
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"Under <placeholder-1/> there are <placeholder-2/>s (graphical user interfaces), where you can point and click and drag and hopefully get work done without first reading lots of documentation. The traditional <placeholder-3/> environment is a <placeholder-4/> (command line interface), where you type commands to tell the computer what to do. That is faster and more powerful, but requires finding out what the commands are." -- from <placeholder-5/>
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This guide describes some basic <trademark>GNU</trademark>/ <trademark>Linux</trademark> shell commands. It is not intended to be a complete guide to the command line, just an introduction to complement <phrase>Kubuntu</phrase>'s graphical tools.
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All command names, file names, or paths to directories will be shown using a <command>monospace font</command>.
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The commands should be issued from a command prompt within a <application>Terminal</application> and will be shown as: <screen>command to type</screen>
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<emphasis>Command Line <trademark>Linux</trademark> is case sensitive.</emphasis> User, user, and USER are each different and distinct in <trademark>Linux</trademark>.
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<phrase>Kubuntu</phrase>'s Terminal application is called <application>Konsole</application>, and is opened by going to <menuchoice><guimenu>Kickoff Application Launcher</guimenu><guisubmenu>Applications</guisubmenu><guisubmenu>System</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Terminal (Konsole)</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.
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The <command>pwd</command> command displays the directory where the user is currently located. (<acronym>pwd</acronym> stands for <quote>print working directory</quote>). For example, typing <screen>pwd</screen> while in the <filename class="directory">Desktop</filename> directory will show <computeroutput>/home/[username]/Desktop</computeroutput>. <placeholder-1/>
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The <command>cd</command> command changes directories. (<acronym>cd</acronym> stands for <quote>change directory</quote>). When a terminal window is opened, it will be in the user's home directory. Moving around the file system requires the use of the <command>cd</command> command.
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To navigate to the current user's home directory, type: <screen>cd</screen> or <screen>cd ~</screen>
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