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.

Clear terminal in Python

Does any standard "comes with batteries" method exist to clear the terminal screen from a Python script, or do I …

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How do you scroll up/down on the Linux console?

I recognize that Up/Down will give you the command history. But, how do you look at past output by …

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How to edit/save a file through Ubuntu Terminal

This is quite a simple question: I just need to open a file (this filename is galfit.feedme). I can …

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How to move up a directory with Terminal in OS X

When I launch a new Terminal window, it starts me in 'Macintosh HD/Users/MyName'. How can I back out …

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How can I copy the output of a command directly into my clipboard?

How can I pipe the output of a command into my clipboard and paste it back when using a terminal? …

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How to copy files across computers using SSH and MAC OS X Terminal

I'm trying to copy my .profile, .rvm and .ssh folders/files to a new computer and keep getting a "not …

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Node Version Manager install - nvm command not found

I am trying to install NVM as per these instructions I typed in this command in terminal: $ curl https://raw.…

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Unable to show a Git tree in terminal

Killswitchcollective.com's old article, 30 June 2009, has the following inputs and outputs git co master git merge [your_branch] git push …

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curl: (6) Could not resolve host: google.com; Name or service not known

when I try to load a web page to terminal it gives curl: (6) Could not resolve host error. I have …

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How to send email from Terminal?

I know there are ways to send email from terminal in Linux/MacOS, but I can't seem to find proper …

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