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Shell Prompts in Command Examples

Command line examples throughout this guide presume that you are using the Bourne-again shell (bash). Whenever a command can be run as a regular user, we will display it with a dollar sign prompt. When a command is meant to be run as root, we will display it with a hash mark prompt:

Bourne-again shell prompt

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Bourne-again shell root prompt

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