What does the mean in Linux

0 votes

I have to explain what the code below means

What does the dollar bit mean?

user@Linux-003 ~ $

Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Soham
• 9,710 points
955 views

No answer to this question. Be the first to respond.

Your answer

Your name to display (optional):
Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications.
0 votes

"~" - represents the home folder of the user, conventionally it would be /home/user/, where "user" is the user name can be anything like /home/johnsmith.

"$" - is just a sign of the shell prompt, which means that the shell is ready to accept commands, you can understand it as a separator after which, you can interact with a shell. Can also be "#" which shows that root is the user whose session is going on.

answered Apr 14, 2022 by Aditya
• 7,680 points

edited Mar 5

Related Questions In Linux Administration

0 votes
0 answers

What does the $ mean in Linux?

I have to explain what the code ...READ MORE

Dec 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by erzan
• 630 points
965 views
0 votes
0 answers

What does "&" at the end of a linux command mean?

I am a system administrator and I ...READ MORE

Apr 21, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
• 13,690 points
684 views
0 votes
1 answer

What is the linux command to find Memory and CPU usage in percent for last 30 days?

Try the following: Cat proc/meminfo top top -i less /proc/memin ...READ MORE

answered Oct 14, 2020 in Linux Administration by Kim
2,753 views
0 votes
0 answers

What is the equivalent to getch() & getche() in Linux?

I am not able to find the ...READ MORE

Apr 13, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
• 9,680 points
747 views
0 votes
0 answers

How does the wc -c in linux work?

Why the number of characters is 4? echo ...READ MORE

Apr 14, 2022 in Linux Administration by Rahul
• 9,680 points
1,396 views
0 votes
0 answers

On Linux, does the remove command "rm" run in the background?

I am trying to run my test ...READ MORE

Apr 20, 2022 in Linux Administration by Edureka
• 13,690 points
754 views
0 votes
1 answer
0 votes
1 answer

How do I set variable if a specific package version is installed in CFEngine?

Here is what you can do.Just use packagesmatching to ...READ MORE

answered Jul 12, 2018 in Other DevOps Questions by Atul
• 10,240 points
1,405 views
0 votes
2 answers

Install postgreSQL on Ubuntu

Follow the below commands to install PostgreSQL (PSQL) ...READ MORE

answered Nov 12, 2020 in Database by Prachi
• 140 points
1,506 views
0 votes
1 answer

Access progrs prompt without switching accounts

Use the following to get the postgres prompt ...READ MORE

answered Mar 22, 2019 in Database by Mahi
956 views
webinar REGISTER FOR FREE WEBINAR X
REGISTER NOW
webinar_success Thank you for registering Join Edureka Meetup community for 100+ Free Webinars each month JOIN MEETUP GROUP