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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 connected to a …

  2. 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, 5 months ago

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

    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 opening a new window?

  4. How do I navigate up one directory from the terminal?

    Nov 29, 2015 · I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal. How do I navigate back up if I go too far?

  5. 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 terminal is …

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

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

  7. 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 the …

  8. 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 terminal in …

  9. How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Nov 16, 2012 · Use the below command : rm -rf lampp It deletes all files and folders contained in the lampp directory. In case user doesn't have the permission to delete the folder: Add sudo at the …

  10. What does `>>` mean in terminal command? - Super User

    Jun 28, 2018 · What happens in the specific case of echo? In your specific case, the echo "…" command outputs its input arguments to “stdout”, which is the so-called “standard output descriptor”. …