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+## Web Terminal
+
+This is a basic ubuntu based web terminal that serves as an interactive portfolio of mine.
+You are welcome to use it, I just ask for credit.
+
+It features a command system, as well as an "auto typer" that automatically types out and enters commands from code.
+This is useful for visitors that are not familiar with CLIs and broadens the amount of people who can navigate it.
+To increase this further, files listed with "ls" and other places can be clicked on to automatically execute commands like cat