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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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EXAM TIP Spotlight (or Spot Light, as the A+ objectives list it) is a

phenomenal search tool in macOS. It indexes your drive(s), not just for file

names, but for content. That means you can search for specific files, of

course, plus all sorts of other things, like apps, e-mail messages, music,

contacts, and even flight information! Try it!

The way to open a terminal emulator in Linux varies depending on the

Linux distribution (distro) you use. Generally, every desktop-focused Linux

distro has some form of finder or search function on the desktop that works

similarly to the search tools in macOS and Windows. Find this tool and then

type terminal and press ENTER to start the program. This brings up the

terminal window, as shown in Figure 15-4.

Figure 15-4 Linux Terminal

Both macOS and Linux enable you to run the command line with

advanced privileges, called super user or root privileges. Two commands do

the trick: su and sudo. Even though the macOS and Linux advanced

privileges function is equivalent to the elevated privileges in Windows, they

handle this elevation differently. First, open Terminal. Whenever you need to

run a command as root, type sudo followed by the desired command. The

system will prompt for a password and then run the command.

If the system doesn’t have sudo, it should have its older cousin su. With

su, you typically type su at the prompt and press ENTER; you will then be

prompted for the root password. Once you have successfully entered the

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