Terminal often intimidates new users but once you get to know it, you gradually start liking it. This article focuses on explaining small, basic and often ignored things about using the terminal. This should help new Ubuntu desktop users to know the terminal and use it with slightly more efficiency.
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1. Open the terminal with keyboard shortcut2. Terminal vs shell vs prompt vs command line3. Understanding the prompt4. Directory and files5. Path: Absolute and relative6. . and ..7. Understand the command structure8. Getting help9. Linux is case-sensitive10. Running shell scripts11. Use tab completion instead of typing it all12. Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V is not for copy pasting in terminal13. You can surely copy paste in the terminal14. Avoid using Ctrl+S in the terminal15. Pay attention to $ and <> in command examples16. You can run multiple commands at once17. Stop a running Linux command18. Clear the terminal19. Exiting the terminalConclusion7 Comments
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