With the command line, the computer types out a prompt, shown here as '$' although typically it is longer, showing things like the current folder. Here's a simple example of the command line, in this case running the command known as 'date' which prints the current date and time (works on the Mac and Windows). That's a fantastic story, describing how billions of regular people to use computers to create dazzling results ever day.īut how does that work behind the scenes? The programmers's world putting this all together is driven by the command line. The user clicks and types, the computer reacts to follow their wishes.
There are two views of the computer - in the user's view, one just picks up the computer to see text and image and icons.
