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 …

Nov 29, 2025 · 5 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. …

Closed 15 years ago. Possible Duplicate: Ending a process in unix instead of interrupting it When I task in Terminal, such as ping blah.com, how do I then stop this task (other than closing the Terminal …

Feb 10, 2024 · It's not clear what this question is asking. I originally thought that you wanted a keyboard shortcut in the files app to open terminal. However do you agree with the 2 answerers that this …

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?

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?

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”. …

Feb 20, 2015 · The terminal provides a mechanism for entering commands. You run a command processor, or shell, on top of that - bash, fish, csh or others. This is what actually turns the text that is …

Feb 17, 2013 · how to display the actual network traffic (wireless) in a terminal? Additionally: Is it possible to add this info to the chart of top?

Apr 29, 2011 · I only have access to the command line. I need to backup my data (on the user folder) to a pen (USB DOK). How can I mount a flash drive manually? What should be the copy command?