Questions tagged [terminal]
Questions about the Terminal application or its terminal emulation should use this tag. Use **command-line** for questions about shells or command-line programs that do not specifically involve Terminal.
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jpegs which refuse to be moved or deleted
When I try to drag/drop file names TERMINAL refuses to accept them even sudo. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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how to prevent alt+arrows from moving cursor to end/begin of a word
In emacs I mapped alt+<arrows> to switch windows but on macOS terminal it instead moves cursor to begin/end of a word. How to prevent this?
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Automation via icon on desktop (or dock?) of Terminal function .. ? End goal to differently-color all open Terminal windows
Would there be a way to have a file/icon of some sort of my desktop - (or, not as ideal but in the dock) which essentially opens a terminal window via the menu Shell -> New Window -> .. one of ...
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What are resources for learning to use terminal [closed]
I’m looking for resources to learn to use terminal. I’m not a coder but a prolific Mac user who wants to go deeper. Any suggestions? Currently using an MBP M1 Max on Ventura.
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How to type tilde (~) in Spanish keyboard in Terminal
I type option+ñ and get a ~ on most applications:
when I am in Terminal, I get (arg: 1) on bash, and ? on zsh.
The results are the same for left and right option keys.
Hardware: MacBook Pro, 15 inch, ...
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How to bindkey page up/page down in macOS terminal?
When I open the Terminal and press the "page up" button it simply scrolls my Terminal screen one page up, so that I can see what I typed and what the executed commands outputs were earlier.
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WiFi Advanced Settings replacement command for airport
Previously you could use the the airport prefs command to edit things like RequireAdminNetworkChange and RequireAdminPowerToggle (WiFi > Advanced > Require administrator authorisation to change ...
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Copy file from terminal into clipboard and paste in Finder [duplicate]
What I can do is:
open finder,
copy a file, or directoy
paste it in some other directory
What I want is:
open terminal
copy a file (the name?) into my clipboard
open finder
paste it in some ...
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How can I clear the whole window in Terminal with one keyboard shortcut?
I want a keyboard shortcut that will clear everything from the terminal window, including the current line
I know that
Command-K clears the text to the very beginning, but if you have some text on ...
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Concerning prompt change in Mac terminal [duplicate]
Normally, my Mac's terminal prompt is home@Primarys-MacBook-Pro. When I connect to an unsecured network at my hotel, the prompt in my terminal changes to home@JUSTIN-s-Note20. My name isn't Justin, ...
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Reset default terminal directory Mac Ventura 13.6.7
I had previous changed the default directory my terminal opens up in to a specific sub folder in Documents no matter when or how you open a new terminal. I want to reset it back to the default ...
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Make backslash \ in terminal (Danish keyboard)
I am using a Danish keyboard language and Danish keyboard layout. When typing in my browser or other applications on my computer, I can make a backslash. In my case I use the combination shift + ...
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How to prevent terminal windows from resizing after disconnecting external monitor?
My Terminal windows are 80x24. I usually use my MacBook in clamshell mode connected to my studio display. When I disconnect my Mac to work on the built-in display the windows get resized to 84x24. So ...
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How can I apply a defaults value I have set in the terminal
I want to programmatically enable and disable the accessibility colour filters.
This can be achieved manually via System Settings > Accessibility > Display > Colour Filters > Colour ...
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Unable to delete old company OneDrive folder
I used to work at a company that used OneDrive. I neglected to unlink the OneDrive account. Now I can't delete the folder.
I started out with:
ls -lae
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drwx------@ 2 jonathan staff 64 May ...
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