Open a terminal

A terminal can be opened in different ways.

First you can just simply double-click the terminal icon on Desktop.Click the top-most icon in the system bar and enter "terminal" in the search bar.

Other than searching, you may use the shortcut "Ctrl"+"Alt"+"t".

Here is a terminal window:

Note that the promptcsci3150@csci3150-VirtualBox:~$is in form of[user]@[hostname]:~$.The examples of commands afterwards always start with the$that corresponds to that at the end of this prompt.