Running Commands - HP 9000 300 Series Owner's Manual

The Command Line Prompt
Whenever you see the command line prompt, you can begin typing commands.
If you are logged in as
depending on your shell. HP-UX displays the prompt every time you press
.
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Running Commands

To run a command, type the command's name after the prompt and press
4
. The command then will begin running. When the command nishes,
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the prompt reappears. For example, run the following
$ whoami
leslie
$
If you make a mistake when typing a command, use the
up and correct it.
(To make examples as clear as possible, this manual will
key at the end of each command line.)
4-2 Using the Command Line
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user , the command line prompt is either
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Your user name appears here.
Then the command line prompt reappears.
or ,
$ %
command now:
whoami
key to back
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not show the
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