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<h1 class="title"><a name="cmdline-intro-chapter"></a>Introduction to the
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<p><a name="BId-cmdline-pa2"></a><a class="indexterm" name="BId-cmdline-it2"></a> Even if using graphical applications is very comfortable and
easy for most people, the command line is a very powerful interface to
interact with your system. The shell's main asset is the number of existing
utilities: there are thousands of them, and each utility is devoted to a
particular task. We look at a very small number of these utilities hoping
that you will feel more comfortable interacting with your system through the
command line.
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<p><a name="BIdNEW-cmdline-intro-chapter-pa129"></a><span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="images/konsole.png"></span> Choose <span class="guimenu">System</span>+<span class="guimenu">Terminals</span> → <span class="guimenuitem">Konsole</span> from the main menu to get a terminal window to have access
to the command line. By default you will be “<span class="quote">inside</span>” your
personal directory, named after your user name:
<code class="filename">/home/your_user_name</code>.
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