
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, 7 months ago Modified 3 years, 4 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 …
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?
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?
What is the difference between shell, console, and 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 …
How do I determine the total size of a directory (folder) from the ...
Is there a simple command to display the total aggregate size (disk usage) of all files in a directory (folder)? I have tried these, and they don't do what I want: ls -l, which only displays the s...
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 …
View history of commands run in terminal - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 3, 2020 · Is there a way to save all my typed terminal commands and view it like history in a log book?
How to open a PDF file from terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
May 17, 2011 · I used to work on the Mac terminal before and I used: open file2open.pdf and the PDF file would be opened on preview or whatever my default viewer was. When I use it in the …