---
title: "Command Line"
description: "EMILY.RPA Command Line module: run local terminal commands; available commands depend on the operating system."
source: https://docs.emily.tips/en/wap/commandline
---

# Command Line

Execute local terminal commands. The available commands depend on the local operating system.

![](https://docs.emily.tips/img/en/wap-181.png)

Same as the local terminal or command line mode. The execution output is written to output.txt in the working folder. For example, on Mac or Linux:

```bash
ls -al
```

The resulting output.txt content is as follows:
```
total 56
drwxr-xr-x 7   jt.strad staff 224   Jun 6 10:56 .
drwx------ 328 jt.strad staff 10496 Jun 6 09:35 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1  jt.strad staff 6148  Jun 6 09:36 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1   jt.strad staff 302   Jun 6 09:36 output.csv
-rw-r--r-- 1   jt.strad staff 531   Jun 6 10:56 output.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1   jt.strad staff 8090  Jun 6 10:49 result.png
-rw-r--r-- 1   jt.strad staff 15    Jun 6 10:48 slideshow.txt
```

The **%FILENAME% variable** can also be used in command lines:

```shell
ls -al %dir%
```