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title: "How to work in a Command window"
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> Macro (aura-html)

Windows, Mac OS X and other operating systems usually provide an ability to open a command window so that you can run various system commands or execute command line utilities such as one of our Command Line Interface (CLI) clients. 😉

This page explains the basics of opening a command window and performing the most common commands.

| **Task** | **Mac OS X** | **Windows** | **Linux** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Open a command window | [http://www.wikihow.com/Get-to-the-Command-Line-on-a-Mac](http://www.wikihow.com/Get-to-the-Command-Line-on-a-Mac) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Open-the-Command-Prompt-in-Windows](http://www.wikihow.com/Open-the-Command-Prompt-in-Windows) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Work-in-Linux-at-the-Command-Line](http://www.wikihow.com/Work-in-Linux-at-the-Command-Line) |
| Change to a different directory | [http://www.macworld.com/article/2042378/master-the-command-line-navigating-files-and-folders.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/2042378/master-the-command-line-navigating-files-and-folders.html) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Directories-in-Command-Prompt](http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Directories-in-Command-Prompt) |
| Create a new directory | [http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Delete-Files-and-Directories-from-Windows-Command-Prompt](http://www.wikihow.com/Create-and-Delete-Files-and-Directories-from-Windows-Command-Prompt) |
| Copy a file | [http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/2080814/master-the-command-line-copying-and-moving-files.html) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-Files-in-Command-Prompt](http://www.wikihow.com/Copy-Files-in-Command-Prompt) |
| Delete a file | [http://www.macworld.com/article/2082021/master-the-command-line-deleting-files-and-folders.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/2082021/master-the-command-line-deleting-files-and-folders.html) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-File-Using-Command-Prompt](http://www.wikihow.com/Delete-a-File-Using-Command-Prompt) |
| Change permissions on a file | [http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm](http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm) | [http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm](http://www.computerhope.com/cacls.htm) |
| Learn how to use other commands | [http://www.macworld.com/article/2044790/master-the-command-line-how-to-use-man-pages.html](http://www.macworld.com/article/2044790/master-the-command-line-how-to-use-man-pages.html) | [http://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-CMD-Commands-Help](http://www.wikihow.com/Find-the-CMD-Commands-Help) | [http://www.linfo.org/command_line_lesson_1.html](http://www.linfo.org/command_line_lesson_1.html) |