Command Line

Talk it. It lands in the terminal.

Command Line mode is a local terminal inside Ouros X. Open the bar, type a command, and run it without switching apps. Press Escape and you're back to what you were doing.

Run your first command

1. Open Ouros X.
2. Type > pwd. The > prefix selects Command Line and holds your draft until you press Return.
3. Check the line, then press Return.

pwd prints the shell's current working directory. It's a good first command because it only reads and never changes anything.

Heads up: that folder isn't necessarily the one open in Finder.

Stop a job

While a command is running, your keystrokes go to that command. Press Control C to ask it to stop. Try it safely with sleep 30, then Control C.

Control C can't undo anything a command already finished, so start with read-only commands.

It's a real shell

• Your session persists. Hiding the bar doesn't stop every job.
• Commands run locally, with your own shell and your own files.
• It isn't a chat or an autonomous agent. It does exactly what you type.
• If a command works in another terminal but not here, check PATH and your startup files. Environments can differ.

Dictate it

Tap Right Command by itself to start or stop voice input, so you can say a command instead of typing it. Dictation produces text only, so look it over and then press Return.

If something fails

Keep the command, the current directory, and the exact error. For "Permission denied", check the path and what you meant to do before adding privileges.