Command prompt... where is it? How do I access it?

By TouchNTurn on 29 Jan 2017 at 23:06 UTC

I need access to a command prompt. Where is it? How do I access it. Different resources say use command promt to install things like drush and console. They immediately goto a command prompt to start doing this. The problem is EVERYWHERE they goto command prompt without saying how and where they access the command prompt. Is it accessed from somewhere in the administrative menu from my page. Is it accessed from somewhere on the hosting. Is it accessed somewhere on my computer. could someone please help

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With "the command prompt"

Stefan Lehmann commented 29 January 2017 at 23:45

With "the command prompt" people normally mean the Unix shell / bash. Only your website hoster can tell you, if that's available to you and if so how.

On Windows you'd normally install a program like Putty and connect to the shell via SSH. On Mac / Unix you could open you local shell and connect to the remote system via ssh directly.

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ok that helps... kinda...

TouchNTurn commented 30 January 2017 at 00:02

ok that helps... kinda... install putty where?... on my computer that uses windows? ... i can access ssh via filezilla
so if i understand - i install putty on my computer - run it - and put in the correct info to access my ssh on the server?
once i access my ssh thru putty i can execute commands that r needed to install drush and console?
thank you very much for helping