Difference between Ubuntu and Debian command line use

Question

Is there a difference between Ubuntu and Debian with regard to command line and terminal use?

I'm talking about things like command syntax, options, etc..

Solution

Ubuntu is a Debian derivative and I haven't come across situations where a command exists both in Debian and Ubuntu but their accepted syntax is different.

Comments

[Thomas Ward]

I'm not sure this question can be adequately answered here...

[Eliah Kagan]

Ubuntu and Debian have the same system shell (dash provides sh) and the same default user shell (bash, like almost all GNU/Linux OSes). Most if not all commonly used command-line utilities work the same in Ubuntu and Debian, since Ubuntu is a Debian-derivative whose major differences with respect to everyday user experience (of an already installed system) mostly affect the graphical UI. I (or anyone) can answer saying that or an expanded version of it if this is reopened.

[user2173353]

Well, right off the bat, one difference I spotted was that ubuntu's sudo is su in debian. And I think it works a bit differently too.

[user2173353]

Then, now that I tried the shutdown command, it does not exist in debian! Not sure what these "so far I couldn't spot any difference" asnwers that appear in the answers are all about... There seem to be many differences! faqforge.com/linux/distributions/debian/…