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Zoltán Király Posted 4 years ago
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Does this installation instruction sound natural?

Does this installation instruction sound natural?


Assuming that you already have the "zip" utility installed on your machine, download this folder, cd into it, then issue the following command in the terminal: ...


Context: "cd into it" means to use the "cd" command as in the old MS-DOS days. We issued the "cd" command to change to a directory on the filesystem. I think the command "cd" stands for "change directory."

  

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Zoltán Király I think the command "cd" stands for "change directory. It did, and I understood you, but unless the user will be entering "cd" literally, it is better not to put it that way. "

  • Zoltán Király I think the command "cd" stands for "change directory.
  • It did, and I understood you, but unless the user will be entering "cd" literally, it is better not to put it that way.
  • "
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Zoltán Király I think the command "cd" stands for "change directory.

It did, and I understood you, but unless the user will be entering "cd" literally, it is better not to put it that way. I might make it "Assuming that you already have the "zip" utility installed on your machine, download this folder, change directory to it, then issue the following comman

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