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 …

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 …

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 …

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?

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?

Jun 15, 2016 · How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 1 month ago Modified 3 years, 2 months ago

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 …

Nov 16, 2012 · How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? Ask Question Asked 12 years, 11 months ago Modified 7 years, 9 months ago

Aug 8, 2011 · I have got the directory /home/user/oldname and I want to rename it to /home/user/newname. How can I do this in a terminal?

3 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 …