On: Linux Command One-Liners

[LukeShu]

">" is the prompt on MS-DOS, and "_" is the cursor.

Somehow this has resulted in ">" or ">_" being the terminal "icon" even in unixy parts of the world; looking at the generic "utilities-terminal" icon: the default theme for Gnome 3 ("Adwaita") uses ">_" in the icon, the default theme for KDE ("Breeze") uses ">", and the runner-up ("Oxygen", which also comes bundled with KDE), also uses ">_".

[marcosdumay → LukeShu]

That's unfortunate, because on Linux the shells tend to use ">" for a continuation prompt, where you can not enter complete commands.

[scarmig → LukeShu]

Also, the SSH app on Chromebooks.