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Shell

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Last Modified 2022-09-21 13:29 -0400

The web interface has a web shell that makes it convenient to run command line tools from the web browser as the root user.

UIShell

The prompt shows that the current user is root@truenas, the host name is truenas, and the current working directory is ~, where root is the user, truenas is the home directory of the logged-in user, and the sysmbol between the square brackets is the working directory.

The Shell screen includes three UI elements:

UI Element Description
Set font size slider Adjusts the size of text displayed in the shell main area.
RESTORE DEFAULT Resets the shell font and size.
? Displays the shell tooltip with helpful information about the screen. For example, CTRL+C kills a foreground process. It also lists built-in utilities such as: Iperf, Netperf, IOzone, arcsat, tw_cli, MegaCli, freenas-debug, tmux, and Dmidecode.

Shell command history is available for the current session.

The default shell for a new installations is zsh. See Changing the Default Shell for instructions on changing to a different shell.

See Using Shell for information on navigating in shell, typing commands, and other general instructions.

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