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? -- Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Current office temperature: 71 degrees Fahrenheit.