1 00:00:00,950 --> 00:00:08,750 ‫So the screen shows a dollar sign or hash on the left of a blinking cursor while you're in a command 2 00:00:08,750 --> 00:00:09,710 ‫line environment. 3 00:00:10,670 --> 00:00:17,990 ‫The dollar sign and symbols indicate that user account Typekit you're logged into the dollar sign means 4 00:00:17,990 --> 00:00:19,520 ‫you are a normal user. 5 00:00:20,420 --> 00:00:24,620 ‫Hash means that you are the system administrator or root. 6 00:00:25,900 --> 00:00:31,000 ‫Now in a seashell, the prompt ends with a percentage sign. 7 00:00:32,790 --> 00:00:34,650 ‫The tilde means home directory. 8 00:00:35,310 --> 00:00:38,610 ‫That is the default directory when first logging in. 9 00:00:40,390 --> 00:00:45,850 ‫Now, there are differences on prompts in different eunuchs who are going to Linux distributions because 10 00:00:45,850 --> 00:00:47,410 ‫of their default settings. 11 00:00:47,890 --> 00:00:53,740 ‫But in general, the prompt usually shows the log in username, machine, host name and current working 12 00:00:53,740 --> 00:00:58,300 ‫directory and ending with a dollar sign, percentage or hash sign.