Hello there:)
This is my first post!
This article can help a person who is a beginner.
Recently I live in iterm2 and I graduated GUI.
So if you haven't tried CUI, this article is really helping for you!
Let's get started!
Open the terminal
first, please type ⌘ + space, so you can use the Spotlight function and then type the word "terminal"
Can you see the black background application like this? It's the terminal that is CUI tool (I use iterm2 that's why the appearance is a little bit different but no problem!)
cd
next type the word cd.
"cd" means change directory.
you can type cd directory name like this.
cd Desktop
and then you can see like this.
~/Desktop
this means you are on Desktop.
pwd
pwd means print working directory
just type pwd.
pwd
you can see like this.
/Users/your name/Desktop
if you confuse about where you are, you can type it.
mkdir
next, please type the word mkdir.
"mkdir" means make directory.
please type mkdir directory name like this.
mkdir sample_dir
you could make a new directory!
ls
ls means list.
you can see a list of directories and files.
and you can check sample_dir is made like this.
sample_dir xxx.txt yyy.txt zzz
(if many files appeared, please type clear.
your screen is to be clean.)
touch
touch means create a file.
(To be accurate, it update timestamp)
you can type like this
touch sample_file
you made a file and then please type ls
sample_dir sample_file xxx yyy zzz
mv
mv means to move.
you can move your file or directory.
mv sample_file sample_dir/
this sentence means mv [files you want to move] [destination]
please type ls
sample_dir xxx yyy zzz
and then please type cd sample_dir and ls.
you can see like this
sample_file
you could move the sample_file below the sample_dir!
finally, you can type rm.
rm means remove but take care!
if you type this command, you can't be undone.
please type carefully.
rm sample_file
and then type ls.
you can see nothing.
if you want to take a rest, please type exit.
you can close the terminal!
All right! this is a basic command of the unix system.
please practice and then let's graduate GUI!
Thank you for reading!
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