Terminal

[Matthew Miller]

On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 03:09:56PM +0100, Shahzad Chohan wrote:
> I'm still not sure where the terminal sits in terms of linux OS. I
> understand a shell executes my commands, so why do I need a terminal,
> why not just have a shell. Also why are some terminals called

Where would you type commands to the shell, and where would the output go?

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