Top "Terminal" questions

A terminal or command-line interface is a text-only interface for interacting with an operating system or a piece of software.

How to call an external command?

How do you call an external command (as if I'd typed it at the Unix shell or Windows command prompt) …

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How to print colored text in Python?

How can I output colored text to the terminal in Python?

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How can I get the current date and time in the terminal and set a custom command in the terminal for it?

I have to check the time in a Linux terminal. What is the command for getting date and time in …

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How do I reload .bashrc without logging out and back in?

If I make changes to .bashrc, how do I reload it without logging out and back in?

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How do I pause my shell script for a second before continuing?

I have only found how to wait for user input. However, I only want to pause so that my while …

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How do I edit $PATH (.bash_profile) on OSX?

I am trying to edit an entry to PATH, as I did something wrong. I am using Mac OS X 10.10.3 …

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Display current path in terminal only

I'm SSH'd into a computer, so I can't use a GUI to access the path name. Is there a way …

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Open terminal here in Mac OS finder

Is there something similar to the "Open Command Window Here" Windows Powertoy for Mac OS? I've found a couple plugins …

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GitHub "fatal: remote origin already exists"

I am trying to follow along Michael Hartl's Rails tutorial but I've run across an error. I signed up on …

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Git is not working after macOS Update (xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools)

I updated to macOS Mojave (this happens to Catalina update too). This morning I navigated to my work's codebase in …

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