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=== Windows ===
=== Windows ===
Windows is not usually managed in a terminal but over the years it adapted certain CLI tools for different purposes. For local system management you usually have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmd.exe cmd.exe] (although [https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal Windows Terminal] is much better) and for managing [Active Directory|networks of Windows systems]] you use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell Powershell], which lets you manage users and file structures across multiple computers at once.  
Windows is not usually managed in a terminal but over the years it adapted certain CLI tools for different purposes. For local system management you usually have [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmd.exe cmd.exe] (although [https://github.com/Microsoft/Terminal Windows Terminal] is much better) and for managing [[Active Directory|networks of Windows systems]] you use [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerShell Powershell], which lets you manage users and file structures across multiple computers at once.  


=== Linux (and other Unix-based systems) ===
=== Linux (and other Unix-based systems) ===
These days it's fairly optional to use the command line in Linux but when you're managing [[servers|Computing:Servers]] it's actually far far better to just learn how to use it, especially thanks to some [https://www.gnu.org/ very good software] designed entirely on a basis of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy simplicity and ease of use]. Lookup how to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Bash] and some basic programs in [https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/index.html GNU Core Utils] and you'll be able to manage any of our servers without a problem.
These days it's fairly optional to use the command line in Linux but when you're managing [[Computing: Servers|Linux servers]] it's actually far far better to just learn how to use it, especially thanks to some [https://www.gnu.org/ very good software] designed entirely on a basis of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy simplicity and ease of use]. Lookup how to use [https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/ Bash] and some basic programs in [https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/html_node/index.html GNU Core Utils] and you'll be able to manage any of our servers without a problem.


= Using command lines =
= Using command lines =
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