
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 …
What is the difference between Terminal, Console, Shell, and Command ...
Aug 4, 2014 · Some types of terminal emulators include: GUI applications running in the X Window System: Xterm, Gnome Terminal, Konsole, Terminator, etc. Screen and tmux, which provides a layer …
How to rename a file in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
How to rename a file in Terminal? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 12 years, 8 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago
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 does `>>` mean in terminal command? - Super User
Jun 28, 2018 · What happens in the specific case of echo? In your specific case, the echo "…" command outputs its input arguments to “stdout”, which is the so-called “standard output descriptor”. …
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 …
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 can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a ...
Dec 11, 2011 · You can copy the contents of a folder /source to another existing folder /dest with the command: cp -a /source/. /dest/ The -a option is an improved recursive option, that preserves all file …
command line - Keyboard shortcut for opening the terminal in the ...
Feb 10, 2024 · It's not clear what this question is asking. I originally thought that you wanted a keyboard shortcut in the files app to open terminal. However do you agree with the 2 answerers that this …
How do I navigate up one directory from the terminal?
Nov 28, 2015 · I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal. How do I navigate back up if I go too far?