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 …

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 …

Restart terminal and type: subl . Sublime should open up in the current directory. Check unix commands: ls You should get a directory listing. Windows. Put the C:\Program Files\Sublime …

Nov 8, 2020 · Instead of typing cd .. multiple times, what you could to is to place the function bellow into your .bashrc somewhere at the top, save .bashrc, and run source .bashrc or just …

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 …

Jun 28, 2018 · An example. On Ubuntu 18.04 I could type "apt search rust >> x" The "apt search rust" part searches available packages for the term rust and then sends this to standard out …

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 …

Dec 11, 2011 · cp is the command to copy using a terminal, -r makes it recursively (so, current directory + further directories inside current) ~/folder1 is the origin folder, ~/new_folder1 is the …

Jul 25, 2017 · That's simple. When I want to use a usb drive in terminal I do this: Create a folder in /media with: mkdir /media/mountDrive This folder will be used for the mount point. Use this …

There is a useful option to du called the --apparent-size. It can be used to find the actual size of a file or directory (as opposed to its footprint on the disk) eg, a text file with just 4 characters will …