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#REDIRECT [[Command-line interface#Command prompt]]

'''Command Prompt''' may stand for:

* [[Command line interpreter]], a kind of text-based user interface

* [[Command Prompt (Windows)]], the command line interpreter in Windows operating systems

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Additionally, prompt refers to a string of text indicating the [[command-line interpreter]] is ready to receive input.

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On [[DOS]] and [[Windows]], the prompt is the current working [[Directory|directory's]] path followed by :>. When the user starts up the computer, the usual prompt for the C: drive root is usually:

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C:\>

On [[Unix]] and [[Unix-like]] operating systems, the prompt is highly customizable but usually contains the [[User (computing)|user]], [[hostname]] and often the current working directory. It can also include the time, the shell and many other things.

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