> Thanks for the "super quick" response. > OK I understand, now how do I get rid of: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > It (terminal) will not allow me to 'Backspace' or 'delete' > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ > I think I'm really missing something here.
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~" is your command line prompt. You don't want to get rid of it. That is your system's way of saying "I'm ready for a command, please tell me what to do". Just type your command after the $ Note that you can configure the prompt to show other things, or to show only the $, but that is something for later. The default prompt that you are seeing tells you your username "dave", the system you are running on "@dave-desktop", and the directory you are in "~". "~" is shorthand for "home directory", which in your case would be /home/dave/. If you change directories with the cd command, the ~ part of the prompt will change to tell you where you are. The user and system names are less useful for "normal" people. Geeks and system administrators often find themselves with many terminal windows open, and may be logged into remote systems in some of those windows. In such cases, the extra info helps prevent typing commands into the wrong window. For example, my normal desktop prompt might look something like: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/emcdev/emc2head$" which tells me I'm logged into my normal desktop machine "mahan", and in my EMC2 development directory tree, in the subdirectory where I keep the latest version of emc2. If I decide to edit a g-code file on the computer that runs my shoptask mill, I can log into that computer from my regular computer over the network: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/emcdev/emc2head$ ssh -X shoptask That command switches me to the shoptask computer, and the prompt becomes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ When I change to my nc-files directory, the prompt changes: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cd emc2/ncfiles [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/emc2/ncfiles$ (In the example above, I typed "cd emc2/ncfiles" and hit return. I tend to do this a lot - the keyboard on the shoptask computer is one of those roll-up rubber ones, because it is immune to metal chips and cutting fluid, but it is horrible to type on. Besides, I have to stand up to run that computer. So I edit my g-code sitting at my desk, with a nicer screen and a much nicer keyboard and mouse. Then I stand up and walk over to the machine to load the program into AXIS and start cutting. Regards, John Kasunich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
