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Which of the following characters in a shell prompt indicates the shell is running with root privileges?

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In a shell prompt, the character that indicates the shell is running with root privileges is the # symbol. Typically, when a command-line interface is operating under normal user privileges, the prompt ends with a $ symbol. Conversely, if you see a # at the end of the prompt, it signifies that you have superuser or root access, allowing you to execute commands that require elevated permissions.

For example:

  • Standard user prompt: user@hostname:~$
  • Root user prompt: root@hostname:~#

This distinction is important for users to understand, as executing certain commands with root privileges can affect the system more significantly than when executed with normal user rights.

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