When we login to any Server we see the following format on CLI or on Terminal,

machindra@linuxserver ~] $

When we make separate those keywords, we will get more information as below,

machindra – This is the current loggedin user

linuxserver – This is the Host Name or Server on which user is working, it may be your server IP Address at this place.

~  – This sign indicates that, currently user is in Home Directory

$  – This indicates the Local User Type

# – Super User or Root User

Terminal = is the same as that of Shell Command Prompt.

There are 3 kinds of terminals as below;

1. /bin/bash  – Born again Shell – Interactive Shell
2. /bin/sh – Born Shell – Interactive Shell
3. /sbin/nologin – Non-Interactive Shell