
What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? - Ask Ubuntu
Dec 6, 2012 · A Terminal is your interface to the underlying operating system via a shell, usually bash. It is a command line. Back in the day, a Terminal was a screen+keyboard that was connected to a …
How to rename a file in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
A simple way to rename files and folders is with the mv command (shortened from “move”). Its primary purpose is moving files and folders, but it can also rename them since the act of renaming a file is …
How to reinitialize a terminal window instead of closing it and ...
Aug 21, 2018 · When I make some changes to the shell/bash behavior, such as setting up an alias, is there a quick command to reinitialize the terminal window instead of closing and opening a new …
What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?
4 A Terminal is a text-based interface (possibly to a shell) The difference between console and shell is one I don't yet grasp, but I can tell you how a terminal is different from a shell. The terminal is …
command line - How to copy files via terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 3, 2012 · How to copy files via terminal? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 2 months ago Modified 9 years, 5 months ago
How to run Terminal as root? - Ask Ubuntu
The graphical root terminal job will be both unsuspended and disowned by the non-root terminal, automatically. In short: sudo -H gnome-terminal ^Z exit But suppose you wanted to keep using the …
How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 16, 2012 · How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? Ask Question Asked 13 years ago Modified 7 years, 11 months ago
macos - How to stop a process in Terminal - Super User
Closed 15 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Ending a process in unix instead of interrupting it When I task in Terminal, such as ping blah.com, how do I then stop this task (other than closing the Terminal …
command line - How do I open a terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Possible Duplicate: What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? How do I access the Terminal? I just got ubuntu running on my computer and now I am ready to write a program...but I can't figure out …
How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 13, 2017 · Just downloaded a .zip file from the internet. I want to use the terminal to unzip the file. What is the correct way to do this?