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  1. 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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. 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 …

  4. 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

  5. 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 …

  6. 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

  7. Terminal not opening on Ubuntu 22.04 on Virtual box 7.0.0

    Oct 17, 2022 · I'm using windows 10 and I installed Ubuntu 22.04 on Virtual box 7.0.0. When I click the terminal icon, the upper left side of the screen (where is the executing application name view), there …

  8. 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 …

  9. 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 …

  10. command line - How do I open a terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Possible Duplicate: What is a terminal and how do I open and use it? How do I access the Terminal? I just got ubuntu running on my computer and now I am ready to write a program...but I can't figure out …