The Terminal window provides a means to start other applications,
enter UNIX commands, and copy and paste text between and within
windows.
To Start
Applications in a Terminal Window |
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Type the command to start the application at the command-line
prompt.
The general syntax
for starting an application is:
Refer to the man page or other documentation for each application
to find the command and options to use for that application.
To start a digital clock from the command line, type
To Enter
a Command |
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Type the command and press Return.
To obtain a list of the files in the current directory, type:
To obtain a list of the files in the current directory and
print it on the default printer, type:
To Copy
and Paste Text |
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Use mouse button 1 and drag over the text you want to move.
The text appears highlighted.
Release mouse button 1 after all the text you want
is highlighted.
The highlighted text is copied to an internal clipboard where
it is kept until another copy occurs. The text is not removed from
your original source.
Click mouse button 2 where you want to insert the
text.
A copy of the contents
of the clipboard is pasted at the location you indicated. You can
make additional copies by repeating the above steps.
To Resize
the Window Contents |
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When you change the size of a Terminal window, applications
running in the window may not know about the resizing. Use this
procedure to resize the application's output.
To resize the window contents, type the following at the command-line
prompt:
Note that resize is enclosed within
a set of single close quotation marks rather than double quotation
marks.
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