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- What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? - Ask Ubuntu
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 server Today, it is usually just a progam You can open it via the utilities part of the apllications menu, or press Alt + F2 and type gnome-terminal
- 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 interpreted by the filesystem as moving it from one name to another The syntax is: mv (option) file1 ext file2 ext where “file1 ext” is the “old” name of the file, and “file2 ext
- How to reinitialize a terminal window instead of closing it and . . .
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 window?
- How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
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?
- How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the . . .
Is there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)? I have tried these, and they don't do what I want: ls -l, which only displays the s
- 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 (according to Wikipedia) "a serial computer interface for text entry and display
- View history of commands run in terminal - Ask Ubuntu
Is there a way to save all my typed terminal commands and view it like history in a log book?
- How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 2 months ago Modified 3 years, 4 months ago
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