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Using the Terminal in OpenSARLab

Overview

Users sometimes need to use an interactive shell to organize their accounts. With OpenSceinceLab’s built-in terminal, users can use an interactive shell to accomplish their tasks.

How to Open a Terminal

  1. If there is no Launcher tab in your workspace, open one by clicking the blue + button at the upper left of the screen.

If there is no Launcher tab in you workspace, open one by clicking the blue + button at the upper left of the screen

  1. Click the Terminal button in the Launcher tab.

Click the Terminal button in a Launcher tab.

Live Example:

open terminal live

How to Use the Terminal

Use the command line as you would in any other Unix-like terminal.

An open terminal window.

No Root Privileges

Because the jovyan does not have a password, OpenScienceLab users cannot use the sudo command.

An open terminal window with unsuccessful attempt to use sudo.