Commands entered in the command line using a keyboard (in a terminal or a terminal emulator) are marked with the command prompt character $ (% in case of macOS) or # in the manual. The character indicates the privileges required for running the specified command. According to the standard convention for UNIX-based systems,
$ indicates that the command can be run with user privileges;
# indicates that the command must be run with superuser (usually root) privileges. To elevate the privileges, use the su and sudo commands.
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