- What language are terminal commands?
- Is Command Prompt different from terminal?
- Do spaces matter in command line?
What language are terminal commands?
A terminal itself is a program, a command-line interface. Most are written in C or C++. The programs called from the terminal are executable files, they can be many things : compiled programs (usually C or C++), scripts specific to the terminal, scripts in an interpreted language like python or perl.
Is Command Prompt different from terminal?
You can say command prompt when using Linux and everything will know you mean the terminal. Is command line and command prompt the same tool? They are meant for the same purpose, one is for Windows and the other for Linux.
Do spaces matter in command line?
Escape characters change the meaning of other special characters. In the context of command line arguments, a space is considered a special character because it separates the arguments.