# How to Use the Terminal to Access Notebook Machines

Notebooks are a web-based Jupyter IDE with shared persistent storage for long-term development and inter-notebook collaboration, backed by accelerated compute.

For notebooks, the terminal has root access to the underlying machine.

## Gaining Terminal Access in Notebooks

To open a terminal, in the left sidebar, either select **Terminal** while your notebook is in a **Running** state or in the lower left-hand corner, click the **+** button.

![Notebook page showing terminal button on the left menu.](https://docs.digitalocean.com/screenshots/paperspace/terminal-notebook-button.fac3c48c88a89fcfcca158f511902c8965f1d8fb881e3605f8f6fe17218085cb.png)

There is no limit on the number of terminal windows that may run simultaneously.

## Using Bash in Your Terminal

To use bash, enter the following command in the default shell:

```
bash
```