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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. How to reinitialize a terminal window instead of closing it and ...

    tset reset terminal intialization. command: reset. Tset initializes terminals. Tset first determines the type of terminal that you are using. This determination is done as follows, using the first …

  4. How to run Terminal as root? - Ask Ubuntu

    Run sudo -H gnome-terminal from the original non-root graphical terminal. Enter your password as prompted by sudo. The graphical terminal will start. Still in the non-root terminal, press …

  5. What is the difference between Terminal, Console, Shell, and …

    Aug 4, 2014 · (2) A terminal window a.k.a. terminal emulator. In Linux, a terminal window is the emulation of a console, contained in a GUI window. It is the CLI you type your text in, and this …

  6. How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the ...

    There is a useful option to du called the --apparent-size. It can be used to find the actual size of a file or directory (as opposed to its footprint on the disk) eg, a text file with just 4 characters will …

  7. How to remove directory with all of its contents? - Ask Ubuntu

    Feb 21, 2018 · Once installed to remove a file or a directory type on the terminal: trash-put name_of_file This will send the file or the directory to the Trash and you would be able to …

  8. How do I install a .deb file via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu

    Sep 15, 2021 · My favourite is GDebi, available from both terminal/shell or graphical desktop. I usually associate .deb files with GDebi as it is fast and efficient - especially compared to …

  9. How to kill all processes in Linux - Super User

    Mar 21, 2014 · The easiest way is to use the Magic SysRq key : Alt+SysRq+i.This will kill all processes except for init.. Alt+SysRq+o will shut down the system (killing init also).

  10. How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Jun 15, 2016 · Open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and do these following commands. To shutdown the system: sudo shutdown -h now To restart: sudo reboot & one more command …

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