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 exit a 'git status' list in a terminal?

I'm new to Git and the terminal. How can I exit a listing mode generated by the git status command?

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How do I see which version of Swift I'm using?

I just created a new Swift project within Xcode. I am wondering which version of Swift it's using. How can …

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Clear a terminal screen for real

Using the clear command on the terminal only fools the user into thinking the screen has been cleared...you can …

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Sublime Text from Command Line

I installed Sublime Text and wanted to know how to open rb files in it from the terminal. I saw …

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How do I invoke a text editor from the terminal?

In the Windows command prompt, I can type notepad helloworld.cpp which will then create a .cpp file with the …

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Run / Open VSCode from Mac Terminal

I'd like to run / open Visual Studio Code from the Mac OSX Terminal by running this command code .. I found …

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Concatenate multiple files but include filename as section headers

I would like to concatenate a number of text files into one large file in terminal. I know I can …

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Connect with SSH through a proxy

I have no real idea what I'm doing here so please bear that in mind if you can help me! …

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Git says "Warning: Permanently added to the list of known hosts"

Every time I use git to interact with a remote, such as when pulling or pushing, I am shown the …

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Git commit in terminal opens VIM, but can't get back to terminal

Trying to learn GitHub at the moment and doing this Git essentials tutorial over at nettuts. I'm on the lesson …

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