The Shell page

On a phone this is a real shell (Android uses /system/bin/sh), so almost any command you would type on a computer works here.

Basics

• Type a command in the input box → tap Run (or press Return)
• Clear at the top left wipes the output history
• cd changes the working directory below (the prompt, ~/examples>, follows along)
• Paths accept the ~/ shorthand (the workspace root is ~)

What you can run

• Ordinary commands: ls, cat, cp, mv, grep, find...
• **The vml command: compile and run VML programs (see **The vml command)
• Your own scripts

Running long commands

When a program runs for a long time:

• The input box shows ⋯ (meaning it is still busy)
• Tap ■ to interrupt it (the child process is terminated as well)
• The prompt ~> reappearing means this round has finished (it is not frozen)

How this differs from Chat

• Chat: you let the AI do the work — it calls tools, reads files, and edits code by itself
• Shell: you do it yourself; the AI is not involved

Both look at the same workspace, so files are shared between them.