The Command Prompt
If you’re a Linux user, you’re probably already familiar with the command prompt. If you don’t already have a desktop icon for it, hunt around for an application called Terminal or xterm.
On macOS, run Applications → Utilities → Terminal.app. (We also recommend the excellent iTerm2[53] on macOS.)
On Windows, you can install Windows Subsystem for Linux[54] and have a shell that behaves like the Linux or MacOS shells, or you can use the default Windows Power Shell, which, as we’ll see, behaves a little differently. On Windows, we recommend installing Windows Terminal (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/terminal/install), which makes it easier to use other shell type.
When you run the application, a fairly empty window ...
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