11 · The Command Line
Command
One typed instruction
A single instruction: a program's name, optionally followed by what it should act on and how.
Concrete example
“ls -la” runs the program “ls” to list all files in long detail.
One typed instruction
A single instruction: a program's name, optionally followed by what it should act on and how.
“ls -la” runs the program “ls” to list all files in long detail.