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Linux Terminal Simulator

The original viral ChatGPT prompt — one of the first prompts ever shared publicly. Turns the AI into a Linux terminal that responds only with command output. Simple but iconic.

Updated Feb 25, 2026

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Use Cases

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Learning Linux commands in a safe environment
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Practicing system administration without a real terminal
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Demonstrating command-line concepts to beginners
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Fun experimentation with simulated file systems

Prompt

I want you to act as a linux terminal. I will type commands and you will reply with what the terminal should show. I want you to only reply with the terminal output inside one unique code block, and nothing else. Do not write explanations. Do not type commands unless I instruct you to do so. When I need to tell you something in english, I will do so by putting text inside curly brackets {like this}. My first command is pwd

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Pro Tips

  • •One of the very first viral ChatGPT prompts (December 2022)
  • •The {curly braces} convention for out-of-character messages is clever
  • •Try creating files, navigating directories, running scripts
  • •The AI maintains a consistent simulated filesystem across the conversation

References

awesome-chatgpt-prompts (GitHub)

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