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Open a Terminal

Time to find the terminal on your own computer. Everything you did in the browser shell, you can now do for real.

Assignment

  1. Find and open a terminal on your computer.

    macOS

    Open the "Terminal" application. You can find it by searching for "Terminal" in Spotlight (the magnifying glass in the top-right corner of your screen).

    Windows

    Open the "Command Prompt" application. You can find it by searching for "Command Prompt" in the Start Menu. (In the next lesson we'll install something much nicer.)

    Linux

    If you're on Linux, I refuse to believe that you don't already know how.

    Look for a system menu button on your screen, probably at the top left or bottom left corner. Click it, then find "Terminal."

    If you're using a Chromebook (ChromeOS), enable the Linux development environment by going to Settings -> Advanced -> Developers -> Linux development environment. Once installed, open the "Terminal" application from your app launcher.

  2. Type the following command:

    echo "I love the command line"

  3. Press Enter to run it.

Paste the output of that command into the input field and submit it.