One difference from the Windows Command Prompt in Linux is that you can choose ... while in Linux and other Unix-like systems, they're separated by a "/" (forward slash or just "slash") character.

Unix was developed as a command line interface in the early 1970s with a very rich command vocabulary. DOS followed more than a decade later for the IBM PC, and DOS commands migrated to Windows.

The command line is a blank line and cursor on the screen, allowing the user to type in instructions for immediate execution. All major operating systems (Windows, Mac, Unix, Linux, etc.) ...