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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
What is the difference between rm -r and rm -f? - Super User
Sep 20, 2016 · What do you mean they give the same result? rm -r emptydir removes that directory, rm -f emptydir does not. These are two completely different command line options, …
How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
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?
In Windows Terminal, how do I add bash as one of the shell options?
Jan 19, 2023 · I'm using Windows 10 and just downloaded and installed the latest version of Windows Terminal. I would like to use a bash shell within the terminal but when I open the …
How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a ...
Dec 11, 2011 · 1371 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 …
Command to open new terminal window from the current terminal?
Apr 22, 2015 · Normally if you want a command to open from the terminal and separate (so it returns to the prompt without having to close the opened program), you have to use something …