
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 …
How to rename a file in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
How to rename a file in Terminal? [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 12 years, 3 months ago Modified 3 years, 1 month ago
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?
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 …
What commands can I use to reset and clear my terminal?
I have been using the command: reset to clear my terminal. Although I am pretty sure this is not what I should be doing. Reset, as the name suggests, resets your entire terminal (changes lots …
Release/renew IP address via Terminal in OS X - Super User
37 I am looking to release and renew my IP address in OS X 10.4 (Tiger) using Terminal. Essentially, I need the OS X equivalent of Windows': C:\\> ipconfig /release C:\\> ipconfig …
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 …
How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a ...
Dec 11, 2011 · 1365 I am trying to copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a different directory using terminal. Would somebody be able to provide me an example of the command …
linux - How do I exit an SSH connection? - Super User
Jun 10, 2014 · How do I exit an SSH connection? Two ways: closing the shell session will usually exit, for example: with the shell builtin command, exit, followed by Enter, or Ctrl - d, (end-of …
How to remove directory with all of its contents? - Ask Ubuntu
Jul 26, 2016 · I tried to remove a directory by using command rmdir but I got this answer: The directory is not empty. How to deal with such problems?