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  1. 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 …

  2. How to run Terminal as root? - Ask Ubuntu

    Run sudo -H gnome-terminal from the original non-root graphical terminal. Enter your password as prompted by sudo. The graphical terminal will start. Still in the non-root terminal, press …

  3. 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 …

  4. What is the difference between Terminal, Console, Shell, and …

    Aug 4, 2014 · (2) A terminal window a.k.a. terminal emulator. In Linux, a terminal window is the emulation of a console, contained in a GUI window. It is the CLI you type your text in, and this …

  5. What is the difference between terminal and bash? - Super User

    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 …

  6. How to delete a non-empty directory in Terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Aug 4, 2014 · Note: this is assuming you are already on the same level of the folder you want to delete in terminal, if not: sudo rm -r /path/to/folderName FYI: you can use letters -f, -r, -v:-f = to …

  7. How do I shut down or reboot from a terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Jun 15, 2016 · Open your terminal with CTRL+ALT+T and do these following commands. To shutdown the system: sudo shutdown -h now To restart: sudo reboot & one more command …

  8. How to display network traffic in the terminal? - Ask Ubuntu

    Feb 17, 2013 · There is a nice tool called speedometer that displays a graph in the terminal using Unicode block characters, colors, and even adds labels to each peak in the graph. $ sudo apt …

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

    Oct 13, 2017 · OPTION 1 – If the Zip File is in the same directory/folder in which your terminal is and we want to extract it in the present working directory. Use the following command to …

  10. How do I rename a directory via the command line? - Ask Ubuntu

    Oct 16, 2015 · To just rename a file or directory type this in Terminal: mv old_name new_name with space between the old and new names. To move a file or directory type this in Terminal. …

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