1.5. Opening a
Shell Prompt
The desktop offers access to a shell
prompt, an application that allows you to type commands instead
of using a graphical interface for all computing activities. While
the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Step By Step
Guide primarily focuses on performing tasks using the graphical
interface and graphical tools, it is sometimes useful and faster to
perform tasks from a shell prompt. Refer to Chapter 4 Shell Prompt Basics for
further details.
You can open a shell prompt by selecting (the main menu on the panel) =>
=> .
You can also start a shell prompt by right-clicking on the
desktop and choosing from
the menu.
To exit a shell prompt, click the X
button on the upper right corner of the shell prompt window, type
exit at the prompt, or press
[Ctrl] -[D]
at the prompt.
