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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 …

  2. 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 …

  3. How to unzip a zip file from the Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Oct 13, 2017 · Just downloaded a .zip file from the internet. I want to use the terminal to unzip the file. What is the correct way to do this?

  4. How do I navigate up one directory from the terminal?

    Nov 28, 2015 · I can navigate down in directory using cd in the terminal. How do I navigate back up if I go too far?

  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 …

  6. What is the difference between shell, console, and terminal?

    3 A Terminal is a text-based interface (possibly to a shell) The difference between console and shell is one I don't yet grasp, but I can tell you how a terminal is different from a shell. The …

  7. How to show only hidden files in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Oct 28, 2023 · I have a directory that contains thousands of files, some of which are hidden. The command ls -a lists all files, including hidden ones, but I need to just list hidden files. What …

  8. How to check Internet Speed via Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Feb 16, 2012 · Instead of going to sites like speedtest.net, I want to check my current Internet speed from the terminal on Ubuntu. How can I do it?

  9. View history of commands run in terminal - Ask Ubuntu

    Oct 3, 2020 · Is there a way to save all my typed terminal commands and view it like history in a log book?

  10. How to open a PDF file from terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    May 17, 2011 · I used to work on the Mac terminal before and I used: open file2open.pdf and the PDF file would be opened on preview or whatever my default viewer was. When I use it in the …