
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 …
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 opening a new …
How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu
Nov 16, 2012 · How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? Ask Question Asked 13 years, 3 months ago Modified 8 years, 1 month ago
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 renaming a file is …
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 …
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, 5 months ago Modified 3 years, 6 months ago
What is the difference between terminal and bash? [duplicate]
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 …
Copy and paste doesn't work in the terminal - Ask Ubuntu
Oct 2, 2017 · Before you go marking this as a dupe, I know about Ctrl + Shift + C and Ctrl + Shift + V I try to use them, and it doesn't work. On one particular Ubuntu computer, normal copy paste …
VS Code terminal not clearing correctly on windows 10, leading to ...
Dec 22, 2025 · No. I specifically raised that answer in the question as not even remotely being a tenable answer for programming where the terminal is automatically re-used and not something that I want to …
How can I copy the contents of a folder to another folder in a ...
Dec 11, 2011 · You can copy the contents of a folder /source to another existing folder /dest with the command: cp -a /source/. /dest/ The -a option is an improved recursive option, that preserves all file …