‫So the screen shows a dollar sign or hash on the left of a blinking cursor while you're in a command
‫line environment.
‫The dollar sign and symbols indicate that user account Typekit you're logged into the dollar sign means
‫you are a normal user.
‫Hash means that you are the system administrator or root.
‫Now in a seashell, the prompt ends with a percentage sign.
‫The tilde means home directory.
‫That is the default directory when first logging in.
‫Now, there are differences on prompts in different eunuchs who are going to Linux distributions because
‫of their default settings.
‫But in general, the prompt usually shows the log in username, machine, host name and current working
‫directory and ending with a dollar sign, percentage or hash sign.