# Run, inspect, and stop your first command

**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.