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Command line and path basics

Command line and path basics - Selenium Tutorial

From the course: Robot Framework Test Automation: Level 1 (Selenium)

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Command line and path basics

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So as I mentioned before, installing and running Robot Framework depends on the command line. In Windows you'll have the Windows command line. In Linux, you'll have the Linux shell, and in Macintosh you'll have the bash terminal. So since we're here on Windows, we're going to be dealing with the Windows command line. And really all the command line is, is it's an alternate way to navigate files and run applications. And the way we get to it is by going to the start menu here, and typing in cmd. So that's what we're looking for is this command.executable. And like I said, all this thing is, is a way to navigate around your file system and run applications. One of the first commands I want to teach you is this command called CD, which just means change directory. Folders on your computer are notated by these backslashes. So you can see here that the cursor is currently pointing at my C drive and the user's folder in the Bryan Lamb directory. So if I type in cd for change directory and I…

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