BeagleBone Black Linux Command Interface

You can access the Linux^® command interface on the BeagleBone^® Black hardware. The system function runs Linux commands on the BeagleBone Black hardware. The openShell function opens a terminal window on the host computer that is connected to the Linux command-line interface on the BeagleBone Black hardware. Both functions use SSH encryption.

For more information, see:

Linux
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
https://elinux.org/CLI_Spells
https://linuxcommand.org/lc3_learning_the_shell.php