Terminal Tutorial - Part I: Basic Commands and Concepts

Hey everyone!

Here is a basic tutorial on using the Terminal for some basic commands.

Here are the commands covered in this video:

ls - List files
cd directoryname - Change directory
touch filename - Make file
rm filename - Remove file
rm -r directoryname - Remove directory (we'll talk more about the -r and these flags in the next video)

To abort a command/get a new line - ctrl + c

Please ignore the "cat" command at the end - it just lets me type text without it interpreted as a command.

If you have any

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[thanos2888]

Hello! your video i really good! Can you help me with something? I deleted some drivers of sound card but when I go to trash and empty it securely I take the message The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “Saffire MixControl” can’t be read or written.

(Error code -36). Do you know how can I delete it from terminal?

[Legolover64]

@thanos2888 Yes I do!

Simply open up the Terminal, do:

cd .Trash

to get to your trash! Then:

ls

to list the files! Finally, do:

rm filename

or if that doesn't work,

sudo rm filename

but make sure you're explicit about everything! I'll cover sudo in a soon-to-come tutorial! I hope this helps!

[zombieshooter1992]

when are more coming?



[kn100kn100]

Whatever works is a good film :)

[spy85able]

Were can I find part 2?

[spy85able]

Your awesome! I have an app called roblox so it's roblox.app and I can get into it with tab but how do I change things in it like hacking change things in it like my money/robux?

[zuvkovich]

Can you help me on how to customize the desktop on Mac OS X Lion?

Hi i like your tutorial.. keep it up :)

Thanks :)

[dLimboStick]

The very first thing you should have shown is 'pwd', print working directory, so people know where they are in the filesystem.

[TheAnonymous357]

Thank you so much :)

[maurey3856]

What if you get a command not found in terminal?

[theBBQStudios]

if i do tab than it doesn't work only by demo?

really wird can you help me?